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10 hrs ago | Lake Cowichan Gazette

Welcome to Grand Hotel

By Ursula Maxwell-Lewis - Cloverdale Reporter Published: June 18, 2013 1:00 PM Updated: June 18, 2013 1:50 PM Grand Hotel: Redesigning Modern Life, the new Vancouver Art Gallery exhibit, offers what a good hotel should - opportunities to relax, travel, dream and depart refreshed.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Korea Herald

Korea aims to export airport infrastruc...

Hope that a Korean consortium, led by the Incheon International Airport Corp., could win the first deal to build an international airport overseas this month is rising as the government is developing a package of programs to support the deal.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Revised Publishing Bill to Parliament This Month: Press Council

After several weeks of negotiation between Burma's government and local journalists, lawmakers this month will receive the final, revised draft of a controversial law to replace one of the former regime's most draconian publishing acts, a member of the country's Press Council says.

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Mon Jun 10, 2013

Channelnewsasia.com

Passenger plane skids off runway in Myanmar

A Myanma Airways plane carrying about 60 passengers skidded off the runway at a regional airport on Monday, officials said, the second such incident in less than a month.

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Related Topix: Burma, Travel, Southeast Asia, Asia Travel, World News,

The Nation

Is there a bright future for Myanmar's capital?

"We are inviting you to the capital of Myanmar, Nay Pyi Taw welcomes visitors, Everything is beautiful and sophisticated, You'll be pleased and relaxed."

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AVHerald

Myanma MA60 at Kawthaung on Jun 10th 2013, runway excursion

A Myanma Airlines Xian MA-60, registration XY-AIP performing a flight from Mawlamyine to Kawthaung with 60 passengers and 4 crew, landed on Kawthaung's runway 02 but veered left off the runway and came to a stop in a group of bushes and trees about 60 meters off the left runway edge.

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The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Businesses Bid for Tourist Exploitation of Historic Mandalay Palace

A view of the grounds of the sprawling 413-hectare Mandalay Palace complex from the Watch Tower.

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Sun Jun 09, 2013

The Jersey Journal

New Providence Library to feature Myanmar exhibit, June 29-Sept. 6

Kinue Imai Weinstein, a New Providence photographer, will exhibit her Myanmar photos at the New Providence Memorial Library from June 29 through the Sept.

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The Nation

Yangon to get fine dining eatery

Myanmar-born Pote Lee will open the first branch of his upscale restaurant Water Library in his homeland after launching the first two branches in Bangkok in 2008 and 2012.

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Fri Jun 07, 2013

Newkerala.com

Pak loses final Davis Cup appeal over 'unplayable' court in tie game

Wellington, June 7 : Pakistan has lost the final appeal against a decision of the International Tennis Federation over an unplayable grass court in a Davis Cup tie-match between Pakistan and New Zealand in April.

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Thu Jun 06, 2013

4 Hoteliers

News from around the Asia Pacific region, June 07.

Hotel industry and travel news from around the Asia Pacific region; this week: Rotana looks at India, Best Western enters Myanmar, Phukey-Cebu direct flights and more.... Melbourne Airport Unveils Expansion Plans Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport will undergo an expansion which will see the addition of a third runway and a rail link.

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Christian Science Monitor

Aung San Suu Kyi for president in 2015?

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to reporters during a news conference at the World Economic Forum on East Asia, at the Myanmar International Convention Centre in Naypyitaw Thursday.

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Business Times

AirAsia targets 30pc of tourist market in Myanmar

NAYPYIDAW : AirAsia Bhd, the region's biggest budget airline, plans to carry as much as 30 per cent of tourists visiting Myanmar as the Southeast Asian economy opens up for foreign investment and leisure travel.

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The Nation

Myanmar's Suu Kyi says she wants to be president

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi wants to be president after the 2015 elections, the Nobel peace prize laureate said Thursday.

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Wed Jun 05, 2013

Daily Mail

The beauty and diversity of the human race captured in stunning...

The stunning beauty and diversity of the human race is captured in a series of photographs that have been submitted for this year's National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.

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Tue Jun 04, 2013

The Nation

Caution urged on Myanmar flights

Travellers looking for a domestic flight in Myanmar should be especially critical after questions about airline safety raised by the German Foreign Ministry on its travel advisory website.

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Channelnewsasia.com

Myanmar flaunts reforms to the world at WEF

Hundreds of global leaders, industry chiefs and foreign media are descending on Myanmar's once-reclusive capital as the Southeast Asian country showcases its political and economic reforms in a bid to entice investment.

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Sun Jun 02, 2013

Asia News Network

YANGON : Two Myanmar Buddhists murdered in M'sia

Two Myanmar Buddhists working in Malaysia have been found dead with slash wounds in Selayang following clashes with some Muslims.

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The Nation

Dramatic changes create rush to set up offices in Myanmar

As senior decision-makers from around the globe descend on Myanmar's capital city Nay Pyi Taw for the World Economic Forum on East Asia this week, multinational companies are lining up to explore the huge commercial opportunities in the country.

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Sat Jun 01, 2013

People's Daily Online

Chinese embassy women team visits nursery in Yangon on Children's Day

A women team of the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar, led by wife of Ambassador Madame Ruan Wei, visited a residential nursery in Shwegondaing, Yangon Saturday, the International Children's Day, for a festive call on children accommodated in the nursery.

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