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Extraordinary Images Of The Hottest Country In The World For Untapped Natural...
The hottest emerging economy for resources is Myanmar. It's been a previously ultra-closed society that's now starting to open up.As Myanmar opens up its economy and western countries lift their...
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Entire Neighborhoods Burned To The Ground In Myanmar Violence
Myanmar's recent shift to transparency and democracy has been hailed as a success, perhaps even a model for the similarly troubled North Korea.But some elements of Myanmar's change are troubling,...
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Ethnic Violence Isn't Stopping Legendary Investors From Betting On Myanmar
One of the biggest emerging market stories in 2012 was Myanmar. Sanctions were rolled back and outsiders finally had the opportunity to invest in the resource-rich nation.Jefferies' Sean Darby wrote...
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Liberalizing Myanmar Has Its First Miss Universe Contestant In More Than 50...
With a whiff of controversy and not a bikini in sight, a US-educated business graduate was selected as the first Miss Universe contestant to represent Myanmar in more than 50 years.Moe Set Wine will...
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How An Isolated Mountain Outpost Became One Of The World's Most Heroin-Addled...
MYITKYINA, Myanmar — It was nearly 10 a.m. in Myitkyina, Myanmar’s northernmost provincial capital. On the rutted streets below, church hymns competed with the clamor of roosters and motorbikes. The...
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The General In Charge Of Mynamar Supports Reforms To End Military Dictatorship
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's president gave his backing on Thursday for amending a military drafted constitution and indicated support for changes that would make Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu...
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Myanmar Soldiers Shoot Up As Malaysia Opium Fight Falters
NAMPATKA, Myanmar (AP) — Every morning, more than 100 heroin and opium addicts descend on the graveyard in this northeastern Myanmar village to get high. When authorities show up, it's for their own...
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OBAMA: 'Myanmar Won't Succeed If The Muslim Population Is Oppressed'
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the rights of Myanmar's minority Muslim population were not being fully protected and warned that the Southeast Asian country...
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5 Emerging Destinations Intrepid Travelers Will Want To Visit
How do you like the idea of traveling to cutting-edge destinations? You'd be joining a growing group of courageous travelers seeking out the unusual and uncharted. More developing nations are welcoming...
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8 Gorgeous Photos Of Myanmar, The Southeast Asian Paradise That's Making Its...
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, was a country notorious for its ongoing civil war. In recent years, the country has begun to reinvent itself alongside its new name.Last year, book publisher Editions...
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Heroin Use Is So High In Myanmar That Syringes Now Serve As Currency
Along parts of the Myanmar-China border, where heroin addiction is appallingly common, fresh needles are now so coveted that shopkeepers dispense them as change.Myanmar’s unruly hinterlands are in the...
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The World Is Facing Another Big Health Crisis That Could Be Worse Than Ebola
MIN SAW, Myanmar (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ka Lar Nar caught malaria for the sixth time when he was working away from home on his small farm in the jungle of south-eastern Myanmar but this time it...
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This China-Myanmar oil pipeline will change the global oil market
We saw one of the most significant shifts in a long while for energy markets last week with a key pipeline opening that will radically change global flows of crude oil.The project in question is the...
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Dinosaurs may have eaten a psychedelic fungus similar to LSD
Millions of years before LSD and rock and roll, dinosaurs munched on psychedelic fungus, a new study suggests.The hints that dinos got high come from the first amber fossil ever found of ergot, a grass...
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Myanmar journalist could get 7 years in prison for criticizing the government...
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Police in Myanmar have arrested a photojournalist who posted a satirical message on Facebook that mocked a historic battle and the country's leader.Police confirmed Saturday that...
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China wants Myanmar to calm down at the border
BEIJING (Reuters) - Myanmar must ensure lower temperatures along its border with China and all parties must exercise restraint, a senior Chinese official told a Myanmar envoy, following clashes that...
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The need for rubber is causing Myanmar's military to steal people's land
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Businesses in Myanmar have colluded with military and government officials to seize vast tracts of farmland from ethnic minority villagers in the northeast, using...
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An Asian country slowly opening to the West just hired one of the most...
Myanmar's fitful move towards democracy and improved relations with Washington ranks high on Hillary Rodham Clinton's list of diplomatic wins during her time as secretary of state. Her diplomacy paved...
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This recently opened economy is the next frontier for offshore oil
The government of Myanmar is further opening up to international business by signing a deal with two foreign energy companies, Statoil of Norway and ConocoPhillips of the United States, who will invest...
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I took a luxury river cruise through Myanmar, and it's the only way to see...
Since gaining its independence from the British Empire in 1948, Burma — now known as Myanmar — has been largely sealed off from the outside world, first by a repressive government, then by...
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