INTERNAL LINKS DEAD... Myanmar embraces the internet revolution: THERE is a whole new lexicon developing around the world, and it seems that if we ignore these new additions to our vocabulary, we?ll be left behind in the global race for what is known as Information Technology or IT for short.These days, terms like internet, World Wide Web and broadband are in common use, and strange new combinations of letters and numbers, such as http://www.yahoo.com?, or [email protected]”, are becoming increasingly common... US chastised after Red Cross confirms Suu Kyi in fine health: THE government has sharply criticised the United States after the International Committee of the Red Cross contradicted repeated claims by Washington that the secretary general of the National League for Democracy, Daw Aung Suu Kyi, was on a hunger strike... First steps on the roadmap: A SEVEN-POINT plan unveiled late last month by the Prime Minister, General Khin Nyunt, was a ?concrete” plan for the democratisation of Myanmar, a senior government minister said last week... Amazing Gateway gets Myanmar?s interest: A 150-PERSON travel industry team will be attending this week?s Thailand Travel Mart 2003 to help raise awareness of Myanmar as a travel destination.Myanmar has 36 of the 374 booths at the event... Second international carrier opens office: MYANMAR?s second international carrier, United Myanmar Airlines, opened an office in the Summit Parkview Hotel last Wednesday ahead of its inaugural flights on October 15... US chastised after Red Cross confirms Suu Kyi in fine health: THE government has sharply criticised the United States after the International Committee of the Red Cross contradicted repeated claims by Washington that the secretary general of the National League for Democracy, Daw Aung Suu Kyi, was on a hunger strike... First steps on the roadmap: A SEVEN-POINT plan unveiled late last month by the Prime Minister, General Khin Nyunt, was a ?concrete” plan for the democratisation of Myanmar,.. Amazing Gateway gets Myanmar?s interest: A 150-PERSON travel industry team will be attending this week?s Thailand Travel Mart 2003 to help raise awareness of Myanmar... • Second international carrier opens office • PM wants literacy programs speeded up • Human trafficking claim ‘ridiculous,? says govt • Workshop focusses on child sex tourism • Audio school launches diploma classes • Thai carrier plans Bagan service • Bagan Cybertech begins access project • Apartments, and a school • Legal action looming for trafficking suspect • Seminar on banking sector • Our own road map to democracy • Japanese NGO donates trucks to govt agency • Shifting cultivation practices under study... $0.5m fever monitor installed at airport; S Koreans aid needy patients; Charity welcomes rise in donations: Fertility rate dips as more women stay single; Secondhand booksellers look for a new home as market grows: With 9000 tunes, can karaoke fans resist? • Readers have new option with e-bookstore opening • MBA course produces ‘enlightened? managers • Closer Asean ties with India will make Myanmar a trade corridor • Tourism training course resumes.