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They are known as jolbeshya. Though these women really exist, they are the stuff of legend. Among them are extraordinary and exotic beauties - girls from different places and backgrounds who were stolen by pirates, brought here - to the estuarine...
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Automobile is investing in an assembly plant in Thailand, for exports to Laos, Cambodia, Burma and Malaysia. With the annual production capacity of 5,000 small-sized commercial trucks, the only plant in Southeast Asia will take advantage of zero tariffs...
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The purpose of this trip in East Asia is because 436 Transport Squadron was originally raised in India as one of the two Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons formed in India during the Second World War in support of the China-Burma-India theatre
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"They might end up walking the streets all night or sleeping in a monastery ... there will simply be no beds for them," a travel agent in Yangon told the outlet. For now, Burma's infrastructure can't keep up with its buzz. The nation's crumbling...
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The Panglong Agreement was signed on Feb. 12, 1947, between General Aung San and leaders of the Chin, Kachin and Shan ethnic groups guaranteeing to establish a genuine federal union of Burma. However, the civil war that made the country of inferior...
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Deals ran into trouble everywhere from Iceland to Burma in 2011, including a $5.4-billion PetroChina deal in Canada, and a $7-billion CNOOC transaction in Argentina. That’s more than half the value of all the overseas deals Chinese entities did manage...
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KAW HMU, MYANMAR - FEBRUARY 11: Supporters hold National League for Democracy flags while waiting for the arrival of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi who is taking her campaign for a parliament seat to the southern constituency she hopes to... View Photo »
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the Burmese government’s recent democratic reforms are easily reversible at any time ... remind the Burmese government of the consequences that will follow from a failure to cooperate with Aung San Suu Kyi, ethnic nationality leaders, and all stakeholders of Burma’s democracy movement.
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Do you think the time is right for them to consider returning? No, I think it is too early for them to return. They have got to have something to return to. I have been discussing the matter of migrant workers and refugees and how much more needs to be...
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Sporadic conflict near the Burma/Thai border occurs between the Burma military and armed opposition groups as well as between Thai security forces and armed criminal groups (such as drug traffickers). There is some risk to your security elsewhere in...
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