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THE government has condemned a decision by
the United States Congress to widen sanctions against Myanmar,
saying the move amounted to a “weapon of mass destruction”
that would create havoc among the population. Legislation
approved by Congress last week imposes an import ban, freezes
the government’s assets in US banks, widens a visa ban on
government members and their relatives and authorises
President George Bush to aid Myanmar democracy
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A GROUP of 16 merchant seamen returned to Myanmar last week
after a harrowing six months in the west African nation of
Liberia, where their vessel was impounded and they were caught
up in fighting between government forces and rebels.[FullStory] |
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MYANMAR and India have signed an agreement to streamline
trade and investment in the latest step by the neighbours to
strengthen an increasingly important economic
relationship. [FullStory] |
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THE United Nations Secretary-General, Mr Kofi Annan, has
called on the government to press ahead with the national
reconciliation process and hold talks with the leader of the
National League for Democracy, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.[Fullstory] |
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TRAVEL and hotel industry representatives must try hard to
attract more international visitors during the coming peak
season, the Minister for Hotels and Tourism, Brigadier General
Thein Zaw, said last week. [FullStory] | |
