Farmers complete harvest of sweet corns in Kalewa Township

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Farmers complete harvest of sweet corns in Kalewa Township

Kalewa April 29
Local farmers have completed 100 per cent harvest of sweet corns in Kalewa Township of Sagaing Region, according to the statistics of Kalewa Township Agriculture Department.
In Kalewa Township, during the winter crop season, sweet corn was cultivated on up to 3,165 acres. It was reported that harvesting of these sweet corn plantations began in January of this year and has been completed as of today, with 100 per cent of the acreage fully harvested.

Conclave starts 7 May, with cardinals saying new pope must tackle abuse

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Conclave starts 7 May, with cardinals saying new pope must tackle abuse

CATHOLIC cardinals agreed on Monday to begin a conclave on 7 May to elect a new pope, and highlighted clerical sexual abuse as one of the key challenges facing Pope Francis’s successor.
So-called “Princes of the Church” under the age of 80 will meet in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new religious leader for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.

Mine blast wrecks Yangon-Mandalay railway

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Mine blast wrecks Yangon-Mandalay railway

NO 902-down train that departed from Kyaukdaga Township yesterday morning retreated from milepost 107/4-5 between Kyaukdaga and Thahtaygon railway stations on the Yangon-Mandalay section in Bago Region as the railway track was destroyed due to the mine blast planted by insurgents.
The railway section was also temporarily suspended. Regional officials and security forces members proceeded to the site promptly for inspection, and they also found an unexploded homemade mine near the incident location.