"Myanmar Times" 22-28 July 2013, Issue 687 (English)

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[ONLY MYANMAR-RELATED ITEMS LISTED].....DOMESTIC NEWS:A nation remembers its fallen heroes...Is it crisis time for the kyat?...Cracks begin to show in UMFCCI after election...Ghost films rise from the dead...When Myanmar was Burma...Kachin activist Daw Bauk Ja arrested over 2008 death...KIO liaison office to reopen...President lifts Meiktila state of emergency...Farmers reject ?protection? bill, push for changes...Fare hikes top list of bus complaints...Caution over president?s prisoner comments...MRCS to give highway police first aid training...Group targets ?fake? monks, religious swindlers...Religious fund raisers arrested in Mandalay...Despite a new name, farmer bill cops flak...Farmers accuse Htoo Group plantation of seizing water supply...Gay rights group to file complaint over abuse...Magwe residents complain of forced labour...Artists to hold peace festival...Taungbyone festival trustees introduce cap on stall fees...Martyrs? Day marked with a difference...Hundreds hold ceremony in Pyinmana...Residents upbeat after Paunglaung dam relocation...Health campaign targets Rakhine...Hurdles to meeting new WHO guidelines on HIV...Singer So Tay still in intensive care after crash...Three rapes reported in one day in Mandalay...Mandalay zone fees switch to kyat...Missing women found...Mandalay police foil two alleged human traffickers...Is Myanmar?s currency in crisis?...Ministry say dengue cases highest in Yangon Region, Kayin and Mon states...Journal to cover the rights stuff...Govt to open aged care centre...Backlash growing over ?crony election?...Petrol pause not likely to boost price...New banking taskforce set up...Central Bank Law aims for independence...Sugary deal...Cheap GSM SIMS to boost smartphone use... Text 133 for internet next month: MPT... Coming out helps reveal truth - The country?s move towards democracy is encouraging those once living on the fringes of society to come forward. Here, three prominent homosexuals talk about their experiences and explain what they want from Myanmar?s move to a more open society.]..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: .Chinese ambassador casts doubt on Myitsone resumption...Religious groups protest Bodhgaya TIM bombing...US planned to sanction disbanded border security force, say activists...Hollande urges U Thein Sein to push on with reforms...President promises to release all prisoners...Fake degrees land 21 Myanmar in jail...Japanese experts to help preserve historic buildings...Best Western plans further expansion after NPT opening...Dagon Taryar awarded peace prize...ASEAN faces tax-cut war...Government urged to join transparency initiative...Foreign banks get gradual access to market...Moving beyond diplomacy and defence in the US pivot to Asia..... CULTURE: Ghost film genre rises from the dead...Creating web space for local talent...Goethe Institut renews cultural exchange ties...Black Rice: a tasty read...Patriotism is in the air tonight.....FOOD: Local produce on the menu...Living well in Myanmar...Perfect pasta.....SOCIALITE...QUICK GUIDE.....CLASSITFIEDS.....TRAVEL.....SPORT

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Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd.

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2013-07-28

Date of entry: 

2013-07-30

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English

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