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Myanmar junta pardons 4,900 prisoners to mark new year
Myanmar's military government announced releasing around 4,900 prisoners, with 13 foreigners among them, in a mass amnesty to mark its traditional new year. https://p ...
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Myanmar: 4 Indians trapped in Myawaddy scam repatriated, Embassy issues warning
NAYPYITAW: The Indian Embassy in Myanmar on Friday said that four Indian nationals who were victims of scam operations in Myawaddy have been repatriated. The Embassy advised against accepting such ...
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Myanmar's military leader is in Thailand for talks on earthquake relief
BANGKOK (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the leader of Myanmar’s military government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, visited the Thai capital on Thursday for diplomatic talks ...
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The Four Horsemen of Myanmar's 'apocalypse'
"Child, this is [the] apocalypse," said a voice note, received within the first hours of Myanmar's devastating recent earthquake. It shook me to the core. It came from a veteran humanitarian whose ...
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Malaysia's Anwar seeks to use Myanmar quake to extend ceasefire
BANGKOK/KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is attempting to use Myanmar's devastating earthquake to forge a breakthrough in the country's protracted civil war between the ...
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Myanmar frees around 4,900 prisoners to mark traditional new year
BANGKOK -- The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new year, state-run media reported Thursday, but it wasn’t ...
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Myanmar frees nearly 4,900 prisoners including some political detainees
BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to nearly 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new year, state-run media reported Thursday, and an ...
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Aftershocks, lack of resources hinder recovery work weeks after Myanmar earthquake
A report in the state-run Myanma Alinn newspaper published on Saturday said the quake's death toll had reached 3,726, with 5,105 people injured and 129 still missing. It said 1,975 international ...
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China’s Double Game in Myanmar
Four years into Myanmar’s civil war, the conflict remains far from a resolution. The military regime, reeling from devastating losses, is in deep trouble. It has lost effective control of roughly ...
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Aftershocks and lack of resources hinder recovery work 3 weeks after Myanmar’s deadly earthquake
BANGKOK — Basic services have yet to be restored to the areas of Myanmar worst hit by a huge earthquake three weeks ago, and emergency workers recovering bodies and clearing debris are ...
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Malaysia PM says Myanmar junta, opposition to extend ceasefire
yanmar's junta and a key opposition group have indicated they will extend a ceasefire to support more aid efforts after a devastating earthquake in the strife-torn nation, Malaysia's prime ...