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| Monsoon rains
bring flooding to some parts of Myanmar making day
to day living more difficult in those low-lying areas. Pic:
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| “This is a very
good step. It can balance the supply and
demand of FEC,” he said. “The
decision has created robust demand for
FEC, which caused the FEC price to increase.” |
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| MYANMAR and fellow members of the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations last week made significant progress
in finalising a free trade deal with two major trading partners,
China and India. |
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| SINCE Nay Pyi Taw became the new capital
of Myanmar nearly three years ago, the nearby town of Pyinmana
has enjoyed unprecedented development. Now a new novelty has
found its way into town: traffic lights. |
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 “We
have collected one viss of gold (1 viss equals 1.6 kilograms,
or 3.6 pounds) and 45 tical. We are grateful to the people
who returned the nugget of gold and jewels to us that was
missing from the pagoda,” |
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THE visit last week by the United Nations special
envoy, Mr Ibrahim Gambari, has paved the way for beginning
of a substantive dialogue between the government and
the UN.
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 “The
second generator started operating in the last week
of August; the third one will commence in October; the
fourth in December; the fifth in February next year
and the last one should start in April,” |
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| “Entrants must be under 22
years of age, so choosing competitors in Myanmar is
very difficult because they must be qualified carpenters
and there are not many young people with those skills
around. And we’re only allowed to pick two entrants,”
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BREASTFEEDING – which experts
believe to be better for infants than bottle feeding
– is even more important in the wake of cyclone
Nargis, United Nations experts are saying. |
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 “I
come from Bangladesh and I know how the people of Bangladesh
have lost a certain dignity because of the aid effort
of the past 30 years,” he said. “I am concerned
that the same doesn’t happen here in Myanmar,
particularly since the cyclone.” |
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 “He
never spoke normally, not even to say ‘mum’,
although he clearly remembered the characters on the
television programs, so I took him to see a child specialist.
“The doctor said he didn’t have any problems
and was quite intelligent,” |
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