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   October 16-22  ,2000                            Myanmar's first international weekly Journal                                   Volume 2, No.33

ASEAN economic ministers gathered at the Thai city of Chiang Mai this month for talks which included the possible formation of a greater free trade area with Australia and New Zealand and how to approach the crucial ASEAN-European Union meeting coming up in December. Full Story

A BRITISH-Australian activist sentenced to 17 years jail here, after making public protests against the State Peace and Development Council for the third time, has lost his first appeal in the Myanmar courts.James Mawdsley, 27, first entered the country in September 1997.He chained himself to a gate at the No 6 High School, on Anawrahta Road, and distributed pamphlets as part of a one-man campaign against the Government. Full Story

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