International
Myanmar: Farmers Confront Minister During Rally
Sep 24, 2015
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Swan Ye Htut, Myanmar Times
Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing came under pressure from constituents yesterday over allegations land had been taken from farmers and placed in…
Myanmar: One Dead, Several Injured as Mine Accident Floods Village
Sep 24, 2015
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Ko Htwe & Yamin Oo, Democratic Voice of Burma
A 12-year-old child was killed and several elderly residents were injured when the embankment of a tailing pond at a mine site collapsed, triggering a…
Myanmar: Election Takes a Back Seat as Flood-Hit Magwe’s Farmers Struggle to Rebuild
Sep 23, 2015
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Nay Aung, Myanmar Times
For the tens of thousands of farmers in Magwe Region still reeling from last month’s floods, the November election may not register as high-priority. With…
Liberia: Ellen Submits “Liberia Land Authority” Bill
Sep 23, 2015
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J. Burgess Carter, Liberian Observer
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf submitted to the Senate for enactment into law an Act to create the Liberia Land Authority. In her letter to that august…
South Sudan: S. Sudan Official: Oil Companies Did 'Nothing' to Protect Environment
Sep 23, 2015
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Radio Tamazuj
A petroleum ministry official has admitted that oil companies before and after independence have done nothing to stop environmental damage caused by oil extraction, while…
Australia: Australian Defence Under-Prepared for Climate Change Security Threat
Sep 22, 2015
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Michael Brissenden, ABC News
A former head of the Australian military has warned that the ADF needs to do more to integrate climate change impact into defence planning. Retired…
DRC: NGO Ranks 155 Companies Across 20 Industries Revealing Significant Supply Chain, ESG Risks for Major Brands
Sep 22, 2015
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PRNewswire
Most U.S. large cap companies are still lagging in efforts to affect positive change with regard to global humanitarian issues, according to research released today…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurds Dealt Setback by U.S. Court Ruling on Oil Sale
Sep 22, 2015
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Bruce Stanley and Laurel Brubaker Calkins, Bloomberg
A U.S. federal court dealt a setback to efforts by Iraq’s self-governing Kurds to sell Iraqi crude oil in the U.S., further complicating the Kurdish…
Sudan: Sudan Says Oil Companies Refusing to Repair Faulty Wells amid Oil Slump
Sep 22, 2015
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Sudan Tribune
The Sudanese government disclosed on Tuesday that it has been unable to raise its production of oil due to the global slide in crude prices.…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurds Reassert Right to Export Oil to U.S. Despite Court Ruling
Sep 22, 2015
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Reuters
Kurdistan reasserted its right to export oil independently to the United States and other countries on Tuesday despite a court ruling in favor of the…
Syria: Syrian War Spurs First Withdrawal from Doomsday Arctic Seed Vault
Sep 21, 2015
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Alister Doyle, Reuters
Syria's civil war has prompted the first withdrawal of seeds from a "doomsday" vault built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global food supplies, officials…
Iraq: Four Killed in Suspected Iraq Cholera Outbreak
Sep 19, 2015
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AFP
A suspected cholera outbreak has killed four people west of Baghdad, where vulnerable displaced populations have been affected by the lack of clean water, health…
Myanmar: UK Mining Firm Withdraws Permit for Jade Area in Kachin State
Sep 19, 2015
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Kachin News
Aurasian Minerals Plc (AuM) a British mining firm that last year had applied for a mineral exploration permit in a jade mining area in Burma…
Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG Gas Unlikely to Arrive in Turkey Earlier Than 2019
Sep 18, 2015
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Ali Ünal, Daily Sabah
As the future of the Turkish Stream is still uncertain due to disagreements between Russia and Turkey, natural gas resources from the Kurdistan Regional Government…
DRC: Congo's Conflict Minerals: US Companies Struggle to Trace Tantalum, Tungsten, Tin, Gold in Their Products
Sep 18, 2015
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Morgan Winsor, International Business Times
US firms are spending millions to comply with a complex provision in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law that requires companies to divulge their use of…
Liberia: Imminent Land Crisis If… -As G/Gedeh Seeks Intervention
Sep 17, 2015
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In Profile Daily
Grand Gedeh County Superintendent, Peter L. Solo, has made a passionate plea to United Nations Secretary General Special Representative to Liberia to help use diplomatic…
Myanmar: Surge in Illegal Logging by Chinese in Myanmar Alarms Activists
Sep 17, 2015
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Tom Phillips, The Guardian
A torrent of illegal timber worth hundreds of millions of dollars each year is pouring across Myanmar’s border into China as loggers reach deeper into…
China/Philippines/South China Sea: China Reportedly Building Runway on Reef Near Philippine-Claimed Gas Field
Sep 17, 2015
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Erik Slavin, Stars and Stripes
China appears to be building an airstrip on a dredged reef near an oil and gas field also claimed by the Philippines, a move that…
Iraq/Kurdistan: To Boost Local Production KRG Invites Bidders to Build Oil Refineries
Sep 16, 2015
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Rudaw
In a bid to increase domestic refining capacity, the Kurdish Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) calls on interested companies in the oil refining industry to…
Japan/United States/Okinawa: Pentagon Blocks Report on ‘Toxic Contamination’ at Base Outside Okinawa Capital
Sep 16, 2015
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Jon Mitchell, Japan Times
The U.S. military is refusing to release a report detailing environmental contamination at Camp Kinser, a 2.7-sq.-km U.S. Marine Corps supply base near Okinawa’s capital,…
China/Vietnam/Japan/South China Sea: Japan to Give Vietnam Boats, Equipment Amid China's Buildup
Sep 15, 2015
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John Boudreau, Bloomberg
Japan will extend 100 billion yen ($832 million) in infrastructure aid to Vietnam and provide patrol boats as the two countries vow to expand ties…
Myanmar: Oil and Gas Experts Predict Burmese Boomtown
Sep 14, 2015
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Democratic Voice of Burma
Despite the slump in energy prices, oil and gas fields in Burma will soon be the busiest in Asia as foreign and local investors begin…
Africa: African Nations Work Together to Rid Supply Chains of Conflict Materials
Sep 14, 2015
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Alison Moodie, Guardian
A group of African nations have developed a framework that will make it easier for companies to keep conflict minerals out of their supply chains.…
Iraq: Iraq Warns Oil Companies of Spending Cuts
Sep 14, 2015
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Kevin Baxter, Wall Street Journal
Iraq’s oil ministry has issued a stark warning to the international oil companies running its energy sector that it will slash spending in 2016 as…
Liberia: Two Foreigners, Ivorian and Burkinabe Arrested for Illegally Farming on Liberia Land, as 200 Chased Out
Sep 13, 2015
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Cholo Brooks, Global News Network
A member of the Grand Gedeh Legislative Caucus, Representative Alex Grant of District #3 has disclosed that his citizens have arrested two foreigners, an Ivorian…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Watch Out China: Vietnam's Coast Guard Will Fight Back
Sep 11, 2015
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Ankit Panda, The Diplomat
Starting October 20, 2015, Vietnamese coast guard vessels will be permitted to use on-board weapons to deter and repel foreign boats. According to a report by…
Myanmar: Shan Villagers and the Salween Dam Fight
Sep 11, 2015
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Dana MacLean, The Diplomat
The increasing army presence to defend the construction of a controversial Salween river dam in southeastern Myanmar’s Shan state has sparked heightened concerns among rural…
Myanmar: Myanmar Third-Worst for Deforestation Rate, Says UN
Sep 11, 2015
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Aye Sapay Phyu, Myanmar Times
Since 2010, Myanmar has lost more than 546,000 hectares (over 1.3 million acres) of forest on average each year, according to a report by the…
Liberia: A Transition into the New "Liberia Land Authority", a Priority That Requires Collective Efforts (part I)
Sep 11, 2015
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Liberian Observer
Liberia’s land administration and management system has negatively impacted the socio-economic and political wellbeing of all Liberians. Property rights in land are characterized by weak…
DRC: New Scheme Seeks to Improve Tracking of DRC Minerals
Sep 9, 2015
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Nick Long, Voice of America
The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is renowned for its mineral wealth, but much of that wealth is untapped, partly because of fears that mineral…