SOME INTERNAL LINKS DEAD... Business set to rocket by $150m with new bridge: MYANMAR and Thailand have welcomed the start of work on a second ?friendship? border bridge linking the two countries, saying it will lead to increase trade and tourism. The bridge, spanning the Mae Sai River between Tachilek and the Thai town of Mae Sai, was an example of the two governments working together for ?the improvement of the living standards of our peoples,” said the Myanmar Foreign Minister, U Win Aung... US sanctions on Myanmar based on ‘imaginary fears?, says Govt: ECONOMIC and diplomatic sanctions imposed on Myanmar by the United States were based on ?imaginary fears,” the government said in a statement last week... Government to probe al-Qaeda report: THE government says it will investigate a British newspaper report that a Myanmar arrested in Pakistan earlier this month was suspected of being linked to the al-Qaeda terrorist group... Probe sought over missing Myanmar in Thailand: POLICE in Thailand said last Friday they had found six unidentified dead bodies, as relatives of six Myanmar migrant workers missing for more than a week said the men had last been seen in the custody of police, who had beaten them... This week Thinking Aloud talks to Sonny Nyunt Thein, the managing director of Gracious Myanmar Travel... Market resilience as apartments snapped up: STEADY sales of condominiums and apartments are proving that the property market has resilience in what appears to be a falling market, sources in the industry said last week... • Small developments are doing well • Invitation cards mean business A short-lived boom for face mask suppliers: SALES of imported face masks have slumped after soaring in April because of the outbreak of the potentially-deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, SARS, in some neighbouring countries, wholesalers and retailers told Myanmar Times last week... • Government to probe al-Qaeda report • US sanctions on Myanmar based on ‘imaginary fears?, says Govt • Probe sought over missing Myanmar in Thailand • Myanmar to be first in Asia with online visas... Officials welcome SARS move by China: THE authorities in northeastern Myanmar have welcomed a decision by China aimed at preventing the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, SARS... • $1.15m health project targets adolescents • Opthalmic training will be seen soon • Minister welcomes diabetes courses.