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MYANMAR has handed over to China nine suspects arrested on drug trafficking offences, the joint secretary of the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control said last week.
 

MEMBERS of Myanmar’s Committee for the Rights of the Child say they will draft a national plan of action “very soon” in response to a United Nations report issued earlier this month.

 
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have explored a cave in upper Myanmar containing artifacts they believe may date to the Mesolithic period. The Mesolithic period, or Middle Stone Age, started at the end of the last ice age about 10,000 years ago and lasted until about 3000 BCE
 
MYANMAR is in the grip of Euro 2004 fever, as millions of football fans throughout the country stay up late to watch live broadcasts of the games from Portugal.
 
     
AT least two options are reported to be under consideration for exporting natural gas to India from reserves discovered in Rakhine State late last year.
 
THE government has rejected a report by the United States that accuses Myanmar of having failed to take the minimum action necessary to eradicate human trafficking.
 

MYANMAR poets U Soe Nyunt (Htilar Sitthu) and U Andrew Mya Han (Maung Pauk Si) were awarded honorary doctorates of philosophy in poetry by Dublin Metropolitan University at a ceremony in Yangon last week.

 
THE Japanese government has provided Myanmar with grant aid totalling ¥532 million (about US$4.636 million) for human resource development scholarships.
 
THREE banks – Co-operative Bank, Co-operative Farmers Bank and Co-operative Promoters Bank – merged on June 15, a move which makes the newly consolidated Cooperative Bank a public company.
 
THE first freight management course by ASEAN Federation of Forwarders’ Association began in Yangon on June 14, an initiative designed to increase the region’s competitiveness in freight handling by focusing on human resources in the industry
 
 

YANGON warehouse rentals are increasing as the rainy season begins and goods are placed in storage, industry sources said last week.

 
Domestic chores can be tedious and many working women rely on maids to help them. While parents are on the job, maids take on the responsibility of the home and sometimes their work loads are enormous. Reporter Khin Nyein Aye Than looks at the working conditions of household helpers and, their treatment by their employers.
 
THE who’s who of Yangon turned out at the Stand hotel last Monday night for the Duo Astor classical guitar concert that marked the end of the academic year for the students and teachers of Alliance Française, Yangon.
 

THE Health Minister, Dr Kyaw Myint, has expressed appreciation of the life-saving role of blood donors and urged them to encourage more people to follow their example.

 
 
 
 
 
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ART AWARD
Myanmar Contemporary
Art Awards 2004
Finalist
 
How some of Yangon's famous people are keeping themselves fresh and fragrant all day.
AS a woman, I like using perfumes with a flower fragrance, especially rose and jasmine. I didn’t start wearing perfume until I was at university, when I started getting it as gifts from
 
I was a tomboy when I was a teenager, so I did not use perfume until I was in tenth grade as I thought it made me girly
 
I often buy cologne in Bangkok because a wide range is available there. I always buy a new bottle before I finish an old one.
 
 
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YOUR OPINION
THE Euro 2004 final will be between title-holders France and 2002 World Cup runner-up, Germany. Most Myanmar football fans did not think Germany would reach the finals of the World Cup, but I like its...
 
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THINKING ALOUD
Thinking Aloud talks to restaurateur Daw Sandy Min Sein, the owner of Sandy’s Myanmar Cuisine
   
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