YANGON Cam Atkinson Blue Jackets Jersey , Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar-Chinese residing in Yangon on Thursday celebrated the first day of the Lunar New Year mainly by going to temples in the city to have a vegetarian diet in accordance with Buddhist practice.
Pilgrims, young and old, have been flocking to the temples since early morning, and the smell of burning incense and paper- money of gold and silver in paying homage to Buddha permeated the air.
Dressed in festive clothing, lion dance groups of youngsters roamed the city on foot or by truck.
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More music concerts will be launched by some Myanmar-Chinese bands in the following days, involving many young emerging singers.
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The contest will last three consecutive nights until Sunday and a prize presentation ceremony will be conducted.
RAMALLAH, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Fatah movement said Friday thatEgypt will send a delegation to the Gaza Strip to monitorPalestinian reconciliation government's taking office in Gaza.
The secretary of the Revolutionary Council, Majid al-Fatayani,told Xinhua that the Egyptian delegation will be responsible onadministrative and security control, as well as to remove anyobstacles that may face unity government upon assuming its dutiesin Gaza.
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Early next week, Palestinian leadership will meet chaired byPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in the West Bank todetermine the role of the government.
Abbas said in a speech to UN General Assembly Wednesday that atthe end of next week the government will go to the Gaza Strip toassume its duties.
Abbas also expressed satisfaction over "the agreement reached inCairo with Egyptian efforts that cancelled steps taken by Hamas inGaza and the commitment to enable the national unity government toexercise its full powers in the Strip and to hold generalelections."
In turn, Hamas welcomed the arrival of the consensus governmentto the Gaza Strip to exercise its full duties, and urged PresidentAbbas to cancel his latest punitive measures against the GazaStrip, Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif al-Qanoua told Xinhua.
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SINGAPORE, July 9 (Xinhua) -- London is expected to be the world's top destination city with the most international overnight visitors, according to a report released on Wednesday.
The MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index report Artemi Panarin Blue Jackets Jersey , which ranks 132 important destination cities worldwide, said London will have an estimated 18.69 million international overnight visitors this year.
The report said that it has been a tight race between London and Bangkok in the last few years.
"Bangkok overtook London in 2013 to become the top ranked destination city in the world, but London regained the top rank this year with an 8 percent growth in visitors, versus an 11 percent decline in Bangkok due to the Thai political situation," said the report.
Bangkok is expected to see some 16.42 million international visitors this year, according to estimates in the report.
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This also means that five of the world's top ten destination cities in terms of overnight international travelers are in Asia Pacific.
Among other cities, Shanghai, ranked the 16th globally, is estimated to see 6.09 million overnight international visitors, while 19th-ranked Tokyo is expected to see 5.38 million.
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Paris is expected to be the third at 17.02 billion U.S. dollars, while Singapore and Bangkok are expected to be the fourth and fifth at 14.34 billion and 13.04 billion U.S. dollars, respectively.