Merchants from the United States and Britain will join hundreds of their colleagues from around the world here Sunday as Myanmar’s sanctions-hit regime puts millions of dollars worth of gems on sale.
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The recent political manoeuvrings will definitely take a toll on
international aid for Burma at the regional economic scheme to be held in Krabi next week, a Foreign Ministry source said.
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Tourist arrivals in Myanmar rose over 20 percent to 315,823 in the first half (April-September) of the present fiscal year 2004-05 compared with the same period of the previous year, the local news journal Myanmar Times reported in this week’s issue.
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China’s top project for western development, the Xiaowan Hydroelectric Power Station, has dammed the Lancang River a year ahead of schedule after three years of all-out, arduous efforts.
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Burma’s military junta may be anathema to supporters of democracy but India believes that the generals hold the key to development of its troubled northeast and for vigorous bilateral trade.
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At the GMS (Great Mekong Subregion) information superhighway conference held in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China Telecom signed a preliminary agreement about building an unified information superhighway platform in GMS with its counterparts in Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
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Indonesia: The European Union on Thursday urged Asian nations to pressure Myanmar to enact democratic reforms put in doubt by the sacking of a moderate prime minister and the continued detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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October 27: “It is absolutely appalling that the world’s largest democracy is embracing one of the world’s most repressive and illegitimate military juntas.  The community of democracies should expect more from one of its members.
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New Delhi: Myanmar’s powerful military intelligence chief and Prime Minister Gen. Khin Nyunt who was fired last Tuesday by the ruling military regime, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), has been accused of corruption by the new foreign minister Nyan Win.
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