NEWS TOPICS: 50th Street restaurant up and running » Global Fund recognises huge needs in Myanmar » SPDC Chairman visits Sri Lanka » University prep centre opens » Hoteliers make March plans for Ngwe Saung 10th anniversary » Sedona hotels receive green recognition » Butterfly museum to open in Pyin Oo Lwin » Frontier forces form in Kachin, Kayah » Japan pledges more aid » Hajj charter flights begin » Israel continues agriculture training » KOICA starts road repairs in Hlegu tsp » NGO to set up biodiversity nurseries in Magway » Health education books captivate buyers » YCDC to establish four concrete batching plants » Thank heavens ? tourists to flock to Myanmar for Jan solar eclipse » British Council accepts member fees in kyats » Germany donates to WFP » Fibreoptic net coming 2010 » Internet radio on the way: Red Link » Lifting team aims to keep up golden run » Football side drawn to face SEA Games host Laos...BUSINESS: Fisheries industry seeks direct Middle East trade » Fish library opens at Kandawgyi Park » Vietnam trade fair coming in Nov » Pun Hlaing Country Club to open Nov 29 » Building materials demand deflated » Bumper gas sales recorded in Aug » CNOOC unveils M-10 test wells » Hydropower agreements signed » SK working dreams come true, for some » YCDC issues stern warning to developers on unpaid tax » NGO to rebuild two Dedaye schools » Substance pummels style