Indesign to pdf export issue, visibility of objects

Hi everyone,
I'm new to the forums, and this might be a serious newb question...
My issue is as follows
I've created a master document, with two brown boxes, one on top and one on bottom, when exporting to pdf, they go missing and magically dissappear.
If I export in other formats, jpeg for ex, its all good.
What am I doing wrong, all the other elements/objects/texts appear just fine on the pdf, except for those brown borders.
Attached are a collection of screenshots, please let me know if you need anything else in order to help,
Best,
Yurij

Hi peter,
here are the links;
pdf file; http://db.tt/3Uzyq4l
ID File; http://db.tt/ODE9vJu
Thank you again!
Yurij
ps.
these are the full documents for both. please note I have excluded much of the text and remaining objects as its only the master I have an issue with
ds.
Message was edited by: gbcy

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