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Guwahati: Russia has resumed talks on helping Myanmar build a nuclear research facility even as the biggest Russian arms trader is firming up plans to set up an office in capital Yangon, according to Burmese media reports. Russia's atomic energy ministry, or Minatom, has that it has resumed talks with Myanmar's military government on developing a nuclear research facility at Kyaukse in Mandalay division, The Mizzima Journal available here reported. Plans for the facility, to be built by Minatom, were shelved early this year after Russian officials said Myanmar's generals could not afford the project. Meanwhile, Russian arms trader Rosoboronexport...