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• Dozens dead in Russian trawler disaster
• Myanmar apologises to China over cross-border bombing
• Myanmar and Russia boost nuclear cooperation
• Government to form new political prisoner committee
• NLD official denies charges at hearing
• High ambitions for tourism in Myeik islands
• New bridge opens up beach visitation in Mon State
• Night commuters resort to dangerous unlicensed buses
• Myanmar refugees scour Mae Sot rubbish

Dozens dead in Russian trawler disaster Posted: 02 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT As  many as 29 Myanmar seamen were unaccounted for last night after a Russian fishing trawler sank in icy waters off the Kamchatka Peninsula with 132 crew on board.

Myanmar apologises to China over cross-border bombing Posted: 02 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT Myanmar  issued a formal apology to China yesterday acknowledging that one of its warplanes had killed five Chinese farm workers in a cross-border bombing attack last month during fighting with Kokang rebels. It also said it would punish those responsible.

Myanmar and Russia boost nuclear cooperation Posted: 02 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT Defying  objections from Western countries, Myanmar appears to be stepping up its collaboration with Russia in the nuclear field. Nay Pyi Taw insists that the cooperation is entirely in the energy and health sectors.

Government to form new political prisoner committee Posted: 02 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT In  an apparent response to objections from advocacy organisations, the government says it will form a new committee to secure the release of political prisoners. But some members say the change does not go far enough.

NLD official denies charges at hearing Posted: 02 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT National  League for Democracy official and writer U Htin Lin Oo yesterday pleaded not guilty to insulting religion. In the 13th hearing at Chaung-Oo Township Court, Sagaing Region, the defendant's lawyer, U Thein Than Oo, cited in his defence the right of freedom of expression, doctrines of the Buddha, the constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

High ambitions for tourism in Myeik islands Posted: 02 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT A beauty  spot in Tanintharyi Region could rival Thailand's Phuket as a tourist attraction, officials are hoping. U Hlwan Moe, assistant director of the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism in Myeik, told The Myanmar Times yesterday that Myeik Archipelago was attracting increasing numbers of visitors year after year.

New bridge opens up beach visitation in Mon State Posted: 02 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT A new  bridge has opened up new experiences and possibilities for people in southern Mon State. The christening of the Kabyar Wa Bridge at the end of last year by the state government has increased the number of visitors to what used to be a relatively remote region south of the state capital of Mawlamyine.

Night commuters resort to dangerous unlicensed buses Posted: 02 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT Shift-workers who live in the outskirts of Yangon say they are at the mercy of unlicensed private bus drivers who provide the only available transportation in off-hours. They say some drivers lack not only a business licence to operate such a service, but even a driving licence. Drivers are often drunk and rude to passengers, and they run away when they get involved in the not-infrequent accidents.

Myanmar refugees scour Mae Sot rubbish Posted: 02 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT Even before you see the mountain, you can smell it. The enormous rubbish tip east of the Thai border town of Mae Sot slowly rots under the sun. Clambering over it are countless men, women and children, entire families armed with long sticks tipped with a hook or using their bare hands to search for usable – or edible – loot.

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