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ADAM Frost,sailor,adventurer and
conservationist is passionate about the island-studded Myeik
Archipelago, in the Andaman Sea off south-eastern
Myanmar.“I’ve sailed all around Southeast Asia and I think the
archipelago is the most beautiful place I’ve been,” he
declares.It is an area that Mr Frost and his brother, Graham,
know intimately.“We’ve spent many years in Mergui
Archipelago,” he says, using the common English term for the
region. “We know where the most beautiful islands are, we know
where the prettiest places are.”[FullStory] | |
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THE American energy giant, Unocal, said last week it had no
plan to withdraw from Myanmar despite being urged to do so by
two state government officials in the United States.Unocal
made the announcement on its website on September 3, a day
after the request was made by the Californian Treasurer, Mr
Phil Angelides, and his New York counterpart, Mr Alan
Hevisi.[FullStory] |
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THE government has dismissed claims by the United States
that the secretary general of the National League for
Democracy, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, is on a hunger strike,
describing them as “another glaring example of spin doctors at
work.”[FullStory] |
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THE Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation is finalising
preparations for the largest and most comprehensive
agricultural census to be conducted since independence in
1948.The agricultural census, the third in 50 years, will
begin next month and is expected to take 45 days to
complete.[Fullstory] |
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