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Burmese football fans at a second leg match of a World Cup qualifying game between Oman and Burma football teams on Thursday, July 28, 2011. The match was stopped before halftime due to Burmese fans' hooliganism after Oman scored a second goal. Oman defeated Burma 2-0 and progressed to the third round of the World Cup qualifiers. Photo: Mizzima An ancient stone wall similar to 10 damaged in Mrauk-U, the ancient city in northern Arakan State that was home to the Mrauk-U Kingdom (1433 to 1784). The damage was caused during construction of the Kyauktaw-Mrauk-U section of the Sittwe-Ann-Minbu railway. Photo: Mizzima A visitor to Mrauk-U, an ancient city in northern Arakan State, enters Sakya Manaung Pagoda. Three pagodas at the national heritage site were damaged during construction of the Kyauktaw-Mrauk-U section of the Sittwe-Ann-Minbu railway. Photo: Mizzima Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Labor Minister Aung Kyi meet with the press after their first surprise meeting at the Seinlaekanthar government guesthouse in Rangoon on Monday, July 25, 2011. It was her first meeting with a high-level government official since she was released from house arrest this year. Photo: Mizzima Aung Kyi was assigned to be the 'relations' minster under retired Senior-General Than Shwe, and he and pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi have met several times in the past and are said to have a good relationship. Photo: Mizzima Myanmar Institute of Economics Graduates Association (MIEGA) holds an opening for a Waso Sales Fair in the Zaycho Market in Mandalay on Saturday, July 23, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Rector Aung Myint of the Monywa Institute of Economics, Rector Dr. San Lwin of the Meiktila Institute of Economics, MIEGA vice chairman Ye Myint and other executives attend the opening of the Waso Sales Fair in Mandalay. Photo: Mizzima Cutting the ribbon at the opening of the Waso Sales Fair in Mandalay on Saturday, July 23, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Japan's Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto, third from left, stands next to his counterparts Kao Kim Hourn, left, of Cambodia, Thongloun Sisoulith, second from left, of Laos, Myanmar [Burma] Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin, third from right, Chitriya Pinthong, second from right, of Thailand and Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem, right, during a photo session of the 4th Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Thursday, July, 21, 2011. Southeast Asian foreign ministers held wide-ranging talks with their counterparts from China, Japan and South Korea ahead of a security summit involving the United States. AFP PHOTO Myanmar [Burma] Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Foreign Ministers Meeting in Nusa Dua on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Thursday, July 21, 2011. Officials from China and Asean said  they had agreed on a set of guidelines regarding cooperation in disputed areas of the South China Sea. AFP PHOTO At the first anniversary of the People’s Era news journal  in Rangoon  on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, writers Maung Moe Thu, Maung Wun Tha, Ko Ta, Dr. Myint Myint Khin and cartonnist Aw Pi Kye presented  a seminar on the mass media. Politicians from the National Democratic Force, Chin Progressive Party, Union Democratic Party, Democratic Party (Myanmar) and foreign and local media also attended. Photo: Mizzima Senior officials, back row left to right, Malaysia Ahmad Shahizan, Nyan Lynn of Burma, David Taylor of New Zealand, Erlinda Basilio of the Philippines, Kim Young Sun of Republic of Korea, Alewander Ivanov of Russia, Jai Sohan of Singapore, Itti Ditbanjong of Thailand, Joseph Y. of the US, Pham Quang Vinh of Vietnam; front row, left to right: Liu Zhemin of China, Sanjay Liu of India, Takeaki Matsumoto of Japan, Thongloun Sisoulith of Laos, Djauhari Oratmangun of Indonesia, Ung Rachana of Cambodia, Gillian Bird of Australia, Osman Patra of Brunai Darussalam pose during the 44th Asean Ministerial Meeting in Nusa dua on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. The Indonesian island hosted the 44th Asean Ministerial Meeting, Post Ministerial Conference and 18th Asean Regional Forum from July 19 to 23. Photo: AFP Left to right: Burma's Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin, Philipines Foreign Minister Albert Del Rosario, Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs K. Shanmugam, Thailand Deputy Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs Chitriya Pinthong, Vietnam Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem, Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, Cambodia's Secretary of State Kao Kim Hourn, Brunei Foreign Minister Mohamed Bolkiah, Lao Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Malaysia Deputy Foreign Minister Kohilan Pillay and Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan join hands during the opening ceremony for the 44th Association of Southeast Asian Nations  foreign ministers’ meeting in Nusa Dua on IBali on Tuesday, July 19. 2011. Photo: AFP Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi before she lays a wreath at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum in Rangoon on Tuesday. Photo: Mizzima Suu Kyi bows to fallen heroes at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima Suu Kyi bows and pays homage to fallen heroes at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum, including her father, Aung San. Photo: Mizzima Burmese Soldiers march to the Martyrs’ Mausoleum near Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. In 1947, on July 19, six months before Burma gained Independence, eight independence leaders including Aung San and a bodyguard of one of the leaders were assassinated by a rival politician, U Saw, and his colleagues. Photo: Mizzima Soldiers take positions to salute fallen heroes at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum near Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Flower artists and make-up artists in Mandalay, shown here, paid homage to the elderly at Oriental House hall on Sunday, July 17. The Myoma amateur music group performed. Photo: Mizzima A member of the flower and make-up artists of Mandalay offers gifts to the elderly in a ceremony at Oriental House in Mandalay on Sunday, July 17, 2011. Photo: Mizzima A line of Burmese military trucks believed to be carrying weapons and ammunition is seen before entering Burma from China at the border gate of Jiegao in Yunnan Province on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Observers said that  about 300 military trucks have passed through the area in the past three days. Photo: Mizzima A line of Burmese military trucks believed to be carrying weapons and ammunition is seen before entering Burma from China at the border gate of Jiegao in Yunnan Province on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Observers said that  about 300 military trucks have passed through the area in the past three days. Photo: Mizzima An aerial view of Byamaso Abbot Bhaddanta Taikkhaka presenting a Buddhist talk in Mandalay on Wednesday night, July 13, 2011, marking the opening of a new building at the Byamaso Charity Group’s free clinic. Donors included Byamso Charity Group vice chairman retired Railway Station Chief Win Myint and Min Min of Makkhaya House. Photo: Mizzima Firemen spray water on a fire in a three-story building where a 77-year-old man lost his life in Latha Township in Rangoon on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. Photo: Mizzima A ground level view of the fire in which one man lost his life in Latha Township in Rangoon on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. Photo: Mizzima A large crowd gathered to watch firemen fight a fire in Latha Township in Rangoon on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. Photo: Mizzima A crowd shot of the street where a 77-year-old man lost his life in a fire in Latha Township in Rangoon on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi sees her youngest son Htein Lin aka Kim Aris of Britain off at the Mingalardon Airport in Rangoon on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Htein Lin arrived in Burma on June 19, before his mother’s birthday, and stayed for 23 days accompanying her to Bagan on her personal pilgrimage. Photo: Mizzima Htein Lin waves goodbye to his mother Aung San Suu Kyi in the international departure lounge at Mingalardon Airport in Rangoon on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Suu Kyi and her youngest son Htein Lin at Mingalardon Airport in Rangoon before Htein Lin departs from Burma on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi visits her mother Khin Kyi’s tomb located beside Shwedagon Pagoda Road south of the pagoda to pay respects on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi and her youngest son Kim Aris of Britain at the entrance to her mother's tomb near Shwedagon Pagoda on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi and her son Kim Aris of Britain enter the tomb of her mother to pay respects. She and her son will also go to the nearby Martyrs' Museum to pay respects to her father, Aung San, the founder of Burma's independence. Photo: Mizzima Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks about her pilgrimage to Bagan at a press conference in front of her house on University Avenue Road in Rangoon on Monday, July 11, 201. Photo: Mizzima     Suu Kyi and her son Kim Aris aka Htein Lin will go to the Martyr’s Mausoleum near Shwedagon Pagoda to pay tribute to the tomb of her father Aung San, the Burmese Independence leader, on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Photo: Mizzima The party flag of the the Democratic Party (Myanmar) was raised at a new branch office in Chanayethasan Township in Mandalay Region on Saturday, July 9, 2011. The party’s top leaders are politician Thu Wai and the three daughters of well-known late politicians. Three party candidates were elected as MPs in the 2010 election. Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi at Rangoon International Airport on Friday morning after returning from Bagan. Photo: Mizzima Suu Kyi's youngest son Kim Aris aka Htein Lin bids his mother  farewell at the Nyaungoo Airport before Suu Kyi departed for Rangoon on Friday, July 8, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her youngest son Kim Aris aka Htein Lin visit the Ingyinndaw Nature Reserve in Zee-O-Thit-Hla village in Nyaungoo Township  on Thursday, July 7, 2011. Photo: Mizzima A high school teacher in Zee-O-Thit-Hla village describes the Ingyinndaw Nature Reserve on Thursday, July 7, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Suu Kyi poses in front of a large tamarind tree at a monastery compound in the Zee-O-Thit-Hla village in Nyaungoo Township on Thursday, July 7, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Suu Kyi on Wednesday went to a lush forest managed by the forest department where she heard a discussion of the trees and plants of the area, which are known for their medicinal properties. Photo: Mizzima Suu Kyi listens to forest department staff discuss the flora of the area. Photo: Mizzima The pro-democracy leader of Burma poses at a scenic lookout with a temple atop Mount Popa in the background. Photo: Mizzima Suu Kyi with aides on Mount Popa on the outskirts of Bagan, the ancient temple site where she is staying on a four-day, personal pilgrimage. Photo: Mizzima Surrounded by her NLD security escort, Aung San Suu Kyi leaves the Ananda Phaya temple in Bagan on the second day of her four-day tour of the ancient temple complex. Photo: Mizzima Suu Kyi arrives a the Ma Nu Har temple in Bagan, where she is welcomed by a crowd of area residents, who have greeted her warmly at every stage of her tour of the Bagan temple complex. Photo: Mizzima Suu Kyi exits Thet Bin Nyu temple with her security escort. She is on the second day of her personal pilgrimage to the ancient temple site which is located south of Mandalay. Photo: Mizzima Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her youngest son Htein Lin aka Kim Aris of Britain paid homage to Buddha at the Arnanda Pagoda in the Bagan temple complex on Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Suu Kyi is on the second day of a four-day personal pilgrimage. Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at Myazedi Pagoda in Bagan on Tuesday, July 5, 2011, the second day of her tour of the Bagan temple complex. Photo: Mizzima Scores of fire engines responded to a fire at the U Kyar Gyi Compound at the corner of 35th Road and 84th Road in Mandalay on Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Photo: Mizzima The fire was fueled by old tyres stored in the U Kyar Gyi Compound in Mandalay on Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Residents said several dozen fire engines responded to the blaze at the U Kyar Gyi Compound in Mandalay on Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Photo: Mizzima A hose-boom positions itself above the fire to spray down water on the blaze at the U Kyar Gyi Compound in Mandalay on Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Hotel staff greet Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she arrives at the Bagan Hotel River View on Monday, July 4, 2011. Photo: Mizzima A bomb squad police officer from bomb inspects  a suspicious package in front of Aladdin Game Center in Rangoon on Sunday afternoon, July 3, 2011. A clock, a lamp and a photo album were found in the package. Bo Aung Kyaw Road was sealed off for two hours while officers investigated. Photos: Mizzima A police officer investigates a suspicious package in front of Aladdin Game Center on Bo Aung Kyaw Road in Rangoon on Sunday afternoon, July 3, 2011. No bomb was found. Photos: Mizzima A crowd of pensioners at a government pension office in Rangoon to query their new salary rates on Friday, June 30, 2011 after the government announced pensioners salary rates have been increased. Starting in July, pensions for retired government employees will be increased so that they will receive the same amount as when they were working. Photo: Mizzima


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