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Myanmar junta extends emergency as coup anniversary marked by ‘silent protest’

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Junta extends state of emergency, says elections have to be held ‘Present scenario is below uncommon circumstances,’ performing president says Streets abandoned in some Myanmar cities for silent protest Protesters maintain rallies in Thailand and the Philippines Feb 1 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s junta prolonged the nation’s state of emergency by one other six months, the … Read more

Two years on, Myanmar coup takes a ‘catastrophic toll’

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Jan 31 (Reuters) – Two years after Myanmar’s army coup, a younger manufacturing unit employee turned resistance fighter mourns the lack of his leg in battle. A former diplomat has not seen his household in 4 years. A magnificence queen adjusts to a brand new life in wintry Canada. And an exiled instructor desires of … Read more