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THE Yangon Zoological Gardens is celebrating the birth
of its first Bengal Tiger cubs in more than 16 years.Three
cubs were born on March 17, but one was killed by its mother,
Noah Noah.Dr Kyaw Myo Hlaing, a veterinarian at the zoo, said
its staff were delighted with the new
arrivals.
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OWNERS of unlicensed vehicles who failed to
hand them over to the authorities by a March 31 deadline face
a seven year jail term and a fine for breaching import laws,
the joint secretary of the Traffic Rules Enforcement
Committee, Police Lieutenant-Colonel Aung Naing, said last
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THE United Nations Human Rights Commission
has been urged to adopt a resolution reflecting positive
developments in Myanmar during its annual session underway in
Geneva. |
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THE Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council,
Senior General Than Shwe, said the visit late last month by
the Indian External Affairs Minister, Mr K. Natwar Singh,
would help to sustain the momentum in bilateral
interaction. |
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THE Singapore Prime Minister, Mr Lee Hsien Loong,
arrived in Yangon on March 30 for a one-day visit during which
he paid a courtesy call on the Chairman of the State Peace and
Development Council, Senior General Than Shwe.

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The department issued a notification in the second
week of March stating that the Himalayan, or Myanmar,
crocodile newt, Tylototriton verucosus, has been added to the
list of endangered species that are protected under the
Protection of Wildlife and Conservation of Natural Areas
Law.

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The organisation will spend about $400,000 of the aid to
buy 1064 tonnes of rice to help supplement the food supplies
of former opium poppy farmers in the Kokang region of northern
Shan State, U Zin Aung Swe said.

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U Kyaw Myint said that since March 20, the shops had opened
at Htilin, Seikphyu, Saw, Yezago, Myaing and Pauk in Magwe
Division and at Salingyi, Yinmabin, Pa-le in Sagaing Division.
Another shop would open at Gangaw in Magwe Division this
month.

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One of the most outstanding feats of
engineering in the Asian theatre during the war, the
Ledo Road was built to provide supplies from India to
Chinese Nationalist forces fighting the Japanese.Mr
Hauldren, a sergeant with a Ledo-based supply convoy,
said his worst moments were ambushes by Japanese
troops.

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In the past year the cost of shipping a container
from Yangon to Singapore has increased from $450 to
$750, while shipping from Yangon to Mumbai via Singapore
has gone up from $750 to $1300. U Freddy, the managing
director of Myanmar International Moving Service Company
Limited, said more containers should be available at
Yangon’s ports.
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COMMODITY prices last week remained relatively
unchanged, with only a slight increase in the prices of
some pulses and beans, onions and garlic, said industry
sources at the Bayintnaung Complex, the biggest
commodity wholesale market in Myanmar.
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The audience, filled with
the Thingyan festive spirit, will enjoy the performance
of rapper Myo Kyawt Myaing, R Zarni, Phyo Gyi, hip hop
icon Sai Sai Kham Hlaing, Yuzana, Shin Phone, Khin
Phone, Shwe Htike and the popular groups like Examplez,
Too Big, NO, Peanut Butter and Antibiotic with the back
band, The Trees.
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MYANMAR’S well-known
photographer, Zaw Min Yu, is delighted that his work
will be exhibited at the World Health Day celebrations
organised by the World Health Organisation at the Dusit
Inya Lake hotel on April 7.About 50 black and white
photos taken by Zaw Min Yu on the theme of “Make every
mother and child count” will be on show.

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PEOPLE who suffer from hypertension, or high
blood pressure, can benefit greatly from regular
exercise, said a senior medical officer from the
Department of Medical Research (Lower
Myanmar). |
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ONE of Myanmar’s most popular sports journals, First
Eleven, launched a special program of previews and
coverage of European football matches on MRTV’s Channel
1 on April 2.
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