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"Hope For Fair Elections In Myanmar": PM Modi To Junta Chief
India hopes that the forthcoming elections in Myanmar will be held in a fair and inclusive manner involving all stakeholders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the head of Myanmar's military junta, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, on Sunday.
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Myanmar To Hold Elections In December-January: Junta Chief
Myanmar's junta chief said the country plans to hold elections in December and January, state media reported Thursday, pressing ahead with polls denounced as a sham by international monitors.
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"Murderer": Protest As Quake-Hit Myanmar Junta Chief Joins Bangkok Summit
Protesters displayed a banner calling Myanmar's junta chief a "murderer" as he joined a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, a week after a huge earthquake killed thousands, leaving desperate survivors pleading for food and shelter.
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Myanmar Junta Chief Excluded From Summit: ASEAN
Myanmar's junta chief will be excluded from an upcoming ASEAN summit, the group said Saturday, a rare rebuke as concerns rise over the military government's commitment to defusing a bloody crisis.
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Aung San Suu Kyi In Good Health, Will Appear Soon: Myanmar Junta Chief
Myanmar's junta chief has said deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health and will appear in court within days during the general's first television interview since the coup.
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Thai Lawmakers Elect Military Chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha As Prime Minister
Thailand's junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha was elected late Wednesday as the kingdom's first civilian prime minister since the 2014 coup he led, in a vote by a parliament stacked with appointed allies of the conservative, arch-royalist army.
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Thai Junta Approves $358 Million Cash Handout For Poor
Thailand's military leaders on Tuesday announced $358 million in cash handouts for some of the kingdom's poorest people, a surprise giveaway from a junta that decried subsidies by the civilian government it toppled.
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Thai Crown Prince Urges Calm Over Succession: Junta Chief
Thailand's Crown Prince has urged people not to "worry" about his surprise decision to delay being proclaimed king following the death his beloved father, the country's junta leader said Saturday.
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Thai Election In 2017 Regardless Of Referendum Vote: Junta Chief
A general election will take place in 2017, Thailand's junta chief said today, no matter what the outcome of Sunday's national referendum on a new constitution that will decide the country's future.
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Thai Junta Orders Ministries To Buy Rubber From Squeezed Farmers
Thailand's junta chief has ordered eight ministries to buy rubber to help struggling farmers, reneging on a vow to end the country's long history of costly agricultural subsidies.
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Myanmar Pair Face Verdict Over British Murders On Thai Paradise Island
Two Myanmar migrant workers could face the death penalty if convicted this week of murdering a pair of British backpackers on a Thai island, in a grim case that stained the kingdom's reputation as a tourist haven.
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Thai Military Holding Junta Critic Over Facebook 'Like'
A Thai man who "liked" a doctored photo of the country's king on Facebook is being held incommunicado at a military base, the ruling junta said today, as rights groups warned he risked becoming another victim of "enforced disappearance."
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Thailand Junta Chief Vows Air Safety Overhaul After US Downgrade
Thailand's junta chief today said problems with the kingdom's airline industry must be solved after the United States downgraded the country's air safety rating in an embarrassing blow to the tourist-reliant nation.
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Thai Junta Chief Defends Return of Populist Subsidies
Thailand's junta chief today defended his government's decision to roll out significant farming subsidies, a policy the generals and their allies excoriated when the civilians they toppled were in power.
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Thai Junta Chief Calls Bangkok Bomb 'Worst Ever Attack' on Kingdom
Thailand's junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha on Tuesday labelled the Bangkok bombing the most significant assault ever on his country as the death toll from the blast hit 21.
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"Hope For Fair Elections In Myanmar": PM Modi To Junta Chief
India hopes that the forthcoming elections in Myanmar will be held in a fair and inclusive manner involving all stakeholders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the head of Myanmar's military junta, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, on Sunday.
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Myanmar To Hold Elections In December-January: Junta Chief
Myanmar's junta chief said the country plans to hold elections in December and January, state media reported Thursday, pressing ahead with polls denounced as a sham by international monitors.
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"Murderer": Protest As Quake-Hit Myanmar Junta Chief Joins Bangkok Summit
Protesters displayed a banner calling Myanmar's junta chief a "murderer" as he joined a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, a week after a huge earthquake killed thousands, leaving desperate survivors pleading for food and shelter.
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Myanmar Junta Chief Excluded From Summit: ASEAN
Myanmar's junta chief will be excluded from an upcoming ASEAN summit, the group said Saturday, a rare rebuke as concerns rise over the military government's commitment to defusing a bloody crisis.
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Aung San Suu Kyi In Good Health, Will Appear Soon: Myanmar Junta Chief
Myanmar's junta chief has said deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health and will appear in court within days during the general's first television interview since the coup.
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Thai Lawmakers Elect Military Chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha As Prime Minister
Thailand's junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha was elected late Wednesday as the kingdom's first civilian prime minister since the 2014 coup he led, in a vote by a parliament stacked with appointed allies of the conservative, arch-royalist army.
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Thai Junta Approves $358 Million Cash Handout For Poor
Thailand's military leaders on Tuesday announced $358 million in cash handouts for some of the kingdom's poorest people, a surprise giveaway from a junta that decried subsidies by the civilian government it toppled.
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Thai Crown Prince Urges Calm Over Succession: Junta Chief
Thailand's Crown Prince has urged people not to "worry" about his surprise decision to delay being proclaimed king following the death his beloved father, the country's junta leader said Saturday.
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Thai Election In 2017 Regardless Of Referendum Vote: Junta Chief
A general election will take place in 2017, Thailand's junta chief said today, no matter what the outcome of Sunday's national referendum on a new constitution that will decide the country's future.
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Thai Junta Orders Ministries To Buy Rubber From Squeezed Farmers
Thailand's junta chief has ordered eight ministries to buy rubber to help struggling farmers, reneging on a vow to end the country's long history of costly agricultural subsidies.
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Myanmar Pair Face Verdict Over British Murders On Thai Paradise Island
Two Myanmar migrant workers could face the death penalty if convicted this week of murdering a pair of British backpackers on a Thai island, in a grim case that stained the kingdom's reputation as a tourist haven.
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Thai Military Holding Junta Critic Over Facebook 'Like'
A Thai man who "liked" a doctored photo of the country's king on Facebook is being held incommunicado at a military base, the ruling junta said today, as rights groups warned he risked becoming another victim of "enforced disappearance."
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Thailand Junta Chief Vows Air Safety Overhaul After US Downgrade
Thailand's junta chief today said problems with the kingdom's airline industry must be solved after the United States downgraded the country's air safety rating in an embarrassing blow to the tourist-reliant nation.
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Thai Junta Chief Defends Return of Populist Subsidies
Thailand's junta chief today defended his government's decision to roll out significant farming subsidies, a policy the generals and their allies excoriated when the civilians they toppled were in power.
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Thai Junta Chief Calls Bangkok Bomb 'Worst Ever Attack' on Kingdom
Thailand's junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha on Tuesday labelled the Bangkok bombing the most significant assault ever on his country as the death toll from the blast hit 21.
