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“At first when we tried to feed her she would take
the branches that we offered and toss them away with her
trunk. She was also very aggressive. When she acted this
way we beat her until she settled down,”
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noise of the motorcycles is annoying to people
who are trying to rest peacefully on the beach,
the engines drip oil onto the sand and the
exhaust from the bikes causes air pollution,”
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She said Popa Mountain Resort will offer
20 percent discounts on rooms from December
23 to 25 for local guests who want to participate
in the competition.
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“Back in the 1970s only elderly people
bought tapes of sermons. But today younger
monks are making recordings of messages aimed
at attracting a younger audience,”
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Acid deposition is defined as air pollution produced
when acid chemicals, such as sulfur oxides and nitrogen
oxides produced by certain industrial processes, are
incorporated into rain, snow, fog or mist. The resulting
precipitation can damage the environment, human health
and property.
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The patients will be chosen based on medical guidelines
provided by doctors at Yangon’s Waibargi Hospital
– Myanmar’s main hospital for infectious
disease treatment – and social criteria developed
by HIV-infected people.
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have to give careful consideration whether to go ahead
with a new film because production costs have doubled
and we cannot be sure of getting a return on our investment,”... |
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probable disasters in their areas and the capacity to
deal with them, including manpower and facilities. They
will also have to develop disaster preparedness and
management plans in advance,” |
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some of my friends greet me in Myanglish and some in
English. I always respond in English because I think
using Myanglish destroys the value of both languages,” |
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| “In competing with other countries,
the international image of MMU has been a source of
great support for graduating students. We give credit
to our lecturers who focus on giving the students a
quality education,” |
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 “I’m
quite happy with our team’s performance and we did have
chances to score goals. Unfortunately I think our footballers
were under too much pressure because it was final and they
were playing the host team in front of huge home crowd,” |
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UP, UP AND AWAY: A giant chicken prepares
to take flight during a hot-air balloon competition in Pyin
Oo Lwin last month. The summer resort town celebrated its
third Tazaungdine Lighting Festival from November 21 to
25, during which 75 hot-air balloons were launched. The
balloons – which took the shape of parrots, chickens,
owls, fish and elephants – cost anywhere from K500,000
to K2 million to build. Pyin Oo Lwin is striving to make
its Tazaungdine festival the biggest in the country and
this year’s was the most successful so far, according
to the event’s supervision committee chairman, U Kyaw
Htay.
Cap: Than Naing Soe/Pic: Phyo Wai Kyaw
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