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MYANMAR and Thailand have welcomed the start of work on a
second “friendship’ border bridge linking the two countries,
saying it will lead to increase trade and tourism.
The bridge, spanning the Mae Sai River between Tachilek and
the Thai town of Mae Sai, was an example of the two
governments working together for “the improvement of the
living standards of our peoples,” said the Myanmar Foreign
Minister, U Win Aung.
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THE government says it will investigate a
British newspaper report that a Myanmar arrested in Pakistan
earlier this month was suspected of being linked to the
al-Qaeda terrorist
group. [Fullstory]
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POLICE in Thailand said last Friday they
had found six unidentified dead bodies, as relatives of six
Myanmar migrant workers missing for more than a week said the
men had last been seen in the custody of police, who had
beaten them. [Fullstory]
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Thinking Aloud talks to Sonny Nyunt Thein, the managing
director of Gracious Myanmar Travel.
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A
short-lived boom for face mask suppliers
SALES of imported face masks have slumped
after soaring in April because of the outbreak of the
potentially-deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, SARS, in
some neighbouring countries, wholesalers and retailers told
Myanmar Times last week. [Fullstory]
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