DRUG TRAFFICKING REPORT:Digest 11/4

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"Like water in his cupped hand, he can either throw it away or spill
it."

<italic>/le' khou' twin: ga. yei thun lo thun hmau' lo kmau'/

</italic>

"The senior monk leaves the Order at a time few monks remain in the
monastery."

<italic>/shin ne: ya eiga. lu htwe'/</italic>                            
                                         


"A monk learned in the ecclesiastical rule kille a fowl."

<italic>/wi.ni ta' kye' tha'/

</italic>

"A clever presentation saves one from a pummel ling."

<italic>/<underline>a</underline> shau' kaun: daw.
<underline>a</underline>htaun: the' tha/

</italic>

"When a leaf falls down, the rest will reinstate."

/<underline>ta</underline> pwint' kyawe yin <underline>ta</underline>
pwint' wae/

<bold>

Burmese Proverbs

</bold>


>>From Reuters/AP:

>Tuesday November 3 11:51 AM EDT 

>

>Myanmar Opposition Member Resigns

>

>YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A member of Myanmar's chief opposition party 
has

>resigned as a member of the parliament

>elected in 1990 but never allowed by the military government to meet, 
a

>state newspaper said Tuesday.

>

>Min Thu Wun, an 89-year-old scholar and poet, cited age as his reason
for

>stepping down, the newspaper New Light of

>Myanmar said.

>

>The resignation adds to the dozens of members of the parliament who
have

>quit in recent years. Some have accused the

>government of pressuring them to resign.

>

>Min Thu Wun is the second member of parliament for the National League
for

>Democracy, headed by Nobel Peace Prize

>winner Aung San Suu Kyi, to have quit since Suu Kyi stepped up a
campaign

>against the military government in July.

>

>Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been ruled by the military since
1962.

>Suu Kyi rose to prominence in anti-government

>uprisings in 1988 that were bloodily suppressed. The military allowed

>elections in 1990 but never honored the results after the

>opposition won in a landslide. 

>

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