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Article: Some car accidents reported in Myanmar during water festival
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 16, 2007
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Some car accidents reported in Myanmar during water festival
YANGON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- A total of some four cases of car
accidents occurred in the whole of Myanmar killing one and injuring
17 people as of Sunday, the third day of the country's four-day water
festival, the official newspaper Mirror reported Monday.
The car accidents took place in Yangon, Mandalay and Magway
divisions respectively during the first three days of the water
festival which began last Friday.
Besides, 11 cases of quarreling between revelers also occurred
during the period, the report said.
The authorities have reiterated warning on people to continue to
celebrate the festival on Monday, the last of the ...