Millions of children lose their birthright: AN estimated 50 million babies were not registered at their birth in 2000, denying them an official identity, nationality and name, a new UN report has warned... Massive 3000 ton jade boulder a gift to Myanmar government: THE PA-O National Peace group has donated a massive 3000-ton jade boulder, discovered two years ago, to the government late last month... Shock as gunmen slay 3 students in Thai schoolbus attack: THAILAND last Wednesday stepped up a manhunt for three mystery gunmen who killed three children when they ambushed a schoolbus as the country was left reeling with shock at the attack... Seizure of illegal timber a blow to illicit trading: ILLEGAL lumber and timber products were seized in several towns of Myanmar in the latest operation to curb illicit timber extraction and trading, a State-owned paper reported last week... SURA rebels face all-out attack: THE United Shan Revolutionary Army came under heavy attack by Myanmar troops last week, after Myanmar military said last Tuesday that it was to launch an offensive to recapture military outposts in Shan state seized by SURA last month... Up in flames - 290t of poppy: IN a show of its determination to tackle opium growing in the northern part of Myanmar the government last week destroyed a massive 290 tons of opium poppy seed in Shan State and immediately called for acknowledgement from the Bush Administration for its drug eradication program... Key witness reported news of coup threat: THE key prosecution witness in the treason case against former leader U Ne Win?s relatives said last Wednesday the accused revealed their plot to overthrow the government directly to him... No anti-trust law in the jungle: SOME un-named hands were monopolising the pepper market in the Rakhine State, wrote a regular columnist of Myanma Dana Business magazine... Myanmar War Veterans? Organisation: IN AN expansion of the program launched by the Myanmar War Veteran?s Organisation (MWVO) last August, the relatives of war veterans and serving Myanmar soldiers are now allowed to take overseas job opportunities in Malaysia... Police forge anti-terrorism agreement: ASEAN police chiefs forged an agreement last Thursday to combat terrorism and crackdown on a raft of transnational crimes including money laundering, drugs and human trafficking... Donations for seamen: MYANMAR veteran merchant seamen, members of Myanmar Overseas Seafarers Association (MOSA), and a seaman agent company donated some Kyat 2.6 million for the welfare of Myanmar merchant seamen last Thursday at Department of Marine Administration... International secretarial diploma course: THE FIRST internationally recognised secretarial diploma course will be conducted at Myanmar Computer Company Limited (MCC) and Yangon Institute of Economics in June... 9 members of NLD released: MYANMAR?S government said last Wednesday it had freed nine jailed members of Aung San Suu Kyi?s National League for Democracy (NLD)... Seminar planned on eco-tourism: A NATIONAL Seminar on Sustainable Development of Eco-tourism? will be held at the Lacquer Wares Institute in Bagan on June 26... Palm oil expellers and refineries urgently required in Taninthayi: OIL EXPELLERS and refineries are urgently required as the oil palm trees in some of the cultivated areas in southern Taninthayi Division have started to yield bunches ready to be extracted, an official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation said... Missions offer free language classes: In Myanmar, the number of youths who wish to learn a foreign language, especially English, is growing year by year and they are relying more and more on Buddhist missions... Myanmar-Japan alumni form official association: MYANMAR Association of Japan Alumni (MAJA) was officially established late last month. MAJA comprises former Myanmar scholarship students who had studied in Japan... Kandawgyi National Garden flourishes: One of Myanmar?s growing number of eco-tourism companies is promoting Kandawgyi National Garden situated in Pyin-Oo-Lwin, 44 miles Northeast of Mandalay, a company spokesperson said... Push for Asean nations to hasten abolition of tariff barriers: SOUTHEAST Asian nations should advance their 2010 deadline for dismantling all tariff barriers to cope with rising competition for investments, Asean secretary-general Rodolfo Severino proposed last Wednesday... East-West Economic Corridor a step closer: SOUTHEAST Asian countries dream of roads and railways that could span the region, efficiently moving people and goods, as they build a free-trade area that could encompass China within the next 10 years, and perhaps even India as well... MFI awarded gold trophy for quality: Myanma Foodstuff Industries of the Ministry of Industry-1 was chosen to receive this year?s International Trophy for Quality from the Trade Leaders? Club... Training centre for the blind expands: THE construction of two new buildings at a training centre for the blind has been completed and they are due to open this month to assist with life-skill training.