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The Myanmar government assured EU development commissioner Andris Piebalgs during his recent visit that April's by-elections, which will herald the opposition's return to mainstream politics, will be democratic. – AFP Photo]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/15.jpg]]></link> <guid>image-id:54033</guid> <media:content url='http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/15.jpg' medium='image' /> <media:title><![CDATA[15]]></media:title> <media:description><![CDATA[Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets her supporters as she arrives to Pyar Pon at Irrawaddy delta region in Irrawaddy division.  The Myanmar government assured EU development commissioner Andris Piebalgs during his recent visit that April's by-elections, which will herald the opposition's return to mainstream politics, will be democratic. – AFP Photo]]></media:description> <media:thumbnail url='http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/thumbs/thumbs_15.jpg' width='100' height='75' /> <media:keywords><![CDATA[Myanmar, Yangon, legal reforms, business, civil war, Mon, opium, Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, Pagoda, Akha, Shwedagon]]></media:keywords> <media:copyright><![CDATA[Copyright (c) DAWN.COM | Latest news, Breaking news, Pakistan News, World news, business, sport and multimedia (http://www.dawn.com)]]></media:copyright> </item> <item><title><![CDATA[14b]]></title> <description><![CDATA[HIV-positive patients pass the time at a HIV/AIDS hospice, founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, in Yangon. Tens of thousands of lives are at risk in Myanmar due to an anticipated funding shortfall to treat people living with HIV and tuberculosis, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned, urging international donors to provide immediate support to the impoverished country. Myanmar is already facing "a devastating gap" between people's needs and access to treatment and a decision by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to cancel funding for 2013 because of a lack of donor money could worsen the situation, the report "Lives in the balance: the urgent need for HIV and TB treatment in Myanmar" said. – Reuters Photo]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/14b.jpg]]></link> <guid>image-id:54029</guid> <media:content url='http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/14b.jpg' medium='image' /> <media:title><![CDATA[14b]]></media:title> <media:description><![CDATA[HIV-positive patients pass the time at a HIV/AIDS hospice, founded by a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, in Yangon. Tens of thousands of lives are at risk in Myanmar due to an anticipated funding shortfall to treat people living with HIV and tuberculosis, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned, urging international donors to provide immediate support to the impoverished country. Myanmar is already facing "a devastating gap" between people's needs and access to treatment and a decision by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to cancel funding for 2013 because of a lack of donor money could worsen the situation, the report "Lives in the balance: the urgent need for HIV and TB treatment in Myanmar" said. – Reuters Photo]]></media:description> <media:thumbnail url='http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/thumbs/thumbs_14b.jpg' width='100' height='75' /> <media:keywords><![CDATA[Myanmar, Yangon, legal reforms, business, civil war, Mon, opium, Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, Pagoda, Akha, Shwedagon]]></media:keywords> <media:copyright><![CDATA[Copyright (c) DAWN.COM | Latest news, Breaking news, Pakistan News, World news, business, sport and multimedia (http://www.dawn.com)]]></media:copyright> </item> <item><title><![CDATA[14]]></title> <description><![CDATA[Statues of Buddhist monks are lined near a temple in Payathonzu, near the Burmese border with Thailand. – Reuters Photo]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/14.jpg]]></link> <guid>image-id:54025</guid> <media:content url='http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/14.jpg' medium='image' /> <media:title><![CDATA[14]]></media:title> <media:description><![CDATA[Statues of Buddhist monks are lined near a temple in Payathonzu, near the Burmese border with Thailand. – Reuters Photo]]></media:description> <media:thumbnail url='http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/thumbs/thumbs_14.jpg' width='100' height='75' /> <media:keywords><![CDATA[Myanmar, Yangon, legal reforms, business, civil war, Mon, opium, Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, Pagoda, Akha, Shwedagon]]></media:keywords> <media:copyright><![CDATA[Copyright (c) DAWN.COM | Latest news, Breaking news, Pakistan News, World news, business, sport and multimedia (http://www.dawn.com)]]></media:copyright> </item> <item><title><![CDATA[13]]></title> <description><![CDATA[Children gather in a school in the village of Tar-Pu, in the mountains of Shan State. – Reuters Photo]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/13.jpg]]></link> <guid>image-id:54021</guid> <media:content url='http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/13.jpg' medium='image' /> <media:title><![CDATA[13]]></media:title> <media:description><![CDATA[Children gather in a school in the village of Tar-Pu, in the mountains of Shan State. – Reuters Photo]]></media:description> <media:thumbnail url='http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/thumbs/thumbs_13.jpg' width='100' height='75' /> <media:keywords><![CDATA[Myanmar, Yangon, legal reforms, business, civil war, Mon, opium, Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, Pagoda, Akha, Shwedagon]]></media:keywords> <media:copyright><![CDATA[Copyright (c) DAWN.COM | Latest news, Breaking news, Pakistan News, World news, business, sport and multimedia (http://www.dawn.com)]]></media:copyright> </item> <item><title><![CDATA[12]]></title> <description><![CDATA[An ethnic Mon woman washes her children in the village of Ban Bor Yeepun near the Burmese border. Myanmar's new government signed a ceasefire deal with New Mon State Party and its military wing, the Mon National Liberation Army, on February 1 after decades of conflict and has outlined a three-stage plan for permanent peace with all 16 of the country's ethnic rebel groups, promising of village development projects like housing, roads, water electricity and resettlement of refugees and internally displaced people. It is in talks with investors to set up factories in former conflict areas once political deals are signed, with the promise of higher wages for the hundreds of thousands of people from Myanmar working across the border in Thailand. – Reuters Photo]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/12.jpg]]></link> <guid>image-id:54017</guid> <media:content url='http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/12.jpg' medium='image' /> <media:title><![CDATA[12]]></media:title> <media:description><![CDATA[An ethnic Mon woman washes her children in the village of Ban Bor Yeepun near the Burmese border. Myanmar's new government signed a ceasefire deal with New Mon State Party and its military wing, the Mon National Liberation Army, on February 1 after decades of conflict and has outlined a three-stage plan for permanent peace with all 16 of the country's ethnic rebel groups, promising of village development projects like housing, roads, water electricity and resettlement of refugees and internally displaced people. 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<item><title><![CDATA[10]]></title> <description><![CDATA[A policeman holds poppy plants after a field was destroyed above the village of Tar-Pu, in the mountains of Shan State. – Reuters Photo]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/10.jpg]]></link> <guid>image-id:54009</guid> <media:content url='http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/10.jpg' medium='image' /> <media:title><![CDATA[10]]></media:title> <media:description><![CDATA[A policeman holds poppy plants after a field was destroyed above the village of Tar-Pu, in the mountains of Shan State. – Reuters Photo]]></media:description> <media:thumbnail url='http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/thumbs/thumbs_10.jpg' width='100' height='75' /> <media:keywords><![CDATA[Myanmar, Yangon, legal reforms, business, civil war, Mon, opium, Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, Pagoda, Akha, Shwedagon]]></media:keywords> <media:copyright><![CDATA[Copyright (c) DAWN.COM | Latest news, Breaking news, 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– Reuters Photo ]]></media:description> <media:thumbnail url='http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/thumbs/thumbs_9.jpg' width='100' height='75' /> <media:keywords><![CDATA[Myanmar, Yangon, legal reforms, business, civil war, Mon, opium, Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, Pagoda, Akha, Shwedagon]]></media:keywords> <media:copyright><![CDATA[Copyright (c) DAWN.COM | Latest news, Breaking news, Pakistan News, World news, business, sport and multimedia (http://www.dawn.com)]]></media:copyright> </item> <item><title><![CDATA[8]]></title> <description><![CDATA[An ethnic Akha child wearing traditional clothes is seen as villagers meet representatives of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Myanmar's police at the village of Kor Miang Pin, in the mountains of Shan State. – Reuters Photo]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/gallery/myanmar/8.jpg]]></link> <guid>image-id:54001</guid> <media:content 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