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Myanmar Border Guards Flee To Bangladesh Amid Clashes With Rebels
At least 95 Myanmar border guards, some of them wounded, have fled to Bangladesh over the last few days as fighting intensifies between rebel forces in Myanmar and the junta regime, officials in Bangladesh said on Monday.
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Thai Minister Meets Former Leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Detained Since 2021
The coup that overthrew Ms. Suu Kyi ended Myanmar's brief democratic experiment and plunged the Southeast Asian nation into bloody turmoil.
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Myanmar Prepares For Elections 2 Years After Coup Amid Fears Of Violence
Allegations of voter fraud in the last election in November 2020 -- won resoundingly by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi's party -- were the army's excuse for seizing power on February 1, 2021.
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8 Killed, 18 Injured In Multiple Blasts Outside Myanmar Prison
At least two bombs exploded outside a prison in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon on Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding 18.
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Open To Negotiate With Aung San Suu Kyi, Says Myanmar's Military Chief
Myanmar's military chief said Friday the junta is open to negotiations with ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end the crisis sparked by its coup after her trials in a junta-run court have concluded.
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Myanmar Junta Sets Hundreds Of Houses On Fire, Villagers Claim
Myanmar junta troops have torched hundreds of buildings during a three-day raid in the country's north, local media and residents said, as the military struggles to crush resistance to its rule.
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Myanmar Junta Arrests Lawyer Defending Aung San Suu Kyi Ally: Report
A prominent Myanmar lawyer defending a close ally of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been arrested and charged with financing terrorism, a source close to the case said Friday.
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Myanmar Junta Court Delays Verdict In Aung San Suu Kyi Corruption Trial
A Myanmar junta court on Monday postponed giving its first verdict in the corruption trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a junta spokesman told AFP, a case which could see the Nobel laureate jailed for 15 years.
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Myanmar Military Burns Villages To Crush Resistance
Rubble and ashes, overlooked by a single golden pagoda, are almost all that remain of the wood and brick houses most people had built for themselves in the quiet riverside village of Bin in the Buddhist heartland of central Myanmar.
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"Lives On Line": UN Rights Expert Says China, Russia Arming Myanmar Junta
UN Security Council members China and Russia, as well as Serbia have continued supplying Myanmar's junta with weapons used to attack civilians since last year's coup, a UN rights expert said Tuesday.
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India's Foreign Secretary Leaves For Myanmar, First Such Visit Since Coup
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla left for Myanmar Tuesday evening on a two-day visit, in the first such high-level outreach from India after that country's military evicted the democratically-elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup o
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For "Democratic Trajectory", US May Bring Measures Against Myanmar Junta
The United States is considering new measures to pressure the Myanmar junta to return to a "democratic trajectory", Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, as alarm grows over an escalating crackdown on dissent.
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UN Deplores Aung San Suu Kyi's Jail Term, Calls Trial "Sham"
The UN rights chief on Monday slammed the Myanmar junta over the conviction and sentencing of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison, and demanded her release.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Testifies For First Time In Junta Court
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified for the first time in a junta court on Tuesday, four months after being put on trial by the military that toppled her government, a source with knowledge of the case told AFP.
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UN Fears "Mass Atrocity Crimes" In Myanmar Amid Military Build-Up In North
The UN said Friday it feared an even greater human rights catastrophe in Myanmar amid reports of thousands of troops massing in the north of the Southeast Asian country, which has been in chaos since a February coup.
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Myanmar Border Guards Flee To Bangladesh Amid Clashes With Rebels
At least 95 Myanmar border guards, some of them wounded, have fled to Bangladesh over the last few days as fighting intensifies between rebel forces in Myanmar and the junta regime, officials in Bangladesh said on Monday.
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Thai Minister Meets Former Leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Detained Since 2021
The coup that overthrew Ms. Suu Kyi ended Myanmar's brief democratic experiment and plunged the Southeast Asian nation into bloody turmoil.
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Myanmar Prepares For Elections 2 Years After Coup Amid Fears Of Violence
Allegations of voter fraud in the last election in November 2020 -- won resoundingly by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi's party -- were the army's excuse for seizing power on February 1, 2021.
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8 Killed, 18 Injured In Multiple Blasts Outside Myanmar Prison
At least two bombs exploded outside a prison in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon on Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding 18.
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Open To Negotiate With Aung San Suu Kyi, Says Myanmar's Military Chief
Myanmar's military chief said Friday the junta is open to negotiations with ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end the crisis sparked by its coup after her trials in a junta-run court have concluded.
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Myanmar Junta Sets Hundreds Of Houses On Fire, Villagers Claim
Myanmar junta troops have torched hundreds of buildings during a three-day raid in the country's north, local media and residents said, as the military struggles to crush resistance to its rule.
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Myanmar Junta Arrests Lawyer Defending Aung San Suu Kyi Ally: Report
A prominent Myanmar lawyer defending a close ally of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been arrested and charged with financing terrorism, a source close to the case said Friday.
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Myanmar Junta Court Delays Verdict In Aung San Suu Kyi Corruption Trial
A Myanmar junta court on Monday postponed giving its first verdict in the corruption trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a junta spokesman told AFP, a case which could see the Nobel laureate jailed for 15 years.
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Myanmar Military Burns Villages To Crush Resistance
Rubble and ashes, overlooked by a single golden pagoda, are almost all that remain of the wood and brick houses most people had built for themselves in the quiet riverside village of Bin in the Buddhist heartland of central Myanmar.
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"Lives On Line": UN Rights Expert Says China, Russia Arming Myanmar Junta
UN Security Council members China and Russia, as well as Serbia have continued supplying Myanmar's junta with weapons used to attack civilians since last year's coup, a UN rights expert said Tuesday.
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India's Foreign Secretary Leaves For Myanmar, First Such Visit Since Coup
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla left for Myanmar Tuesday evening on a two-day visit, in the first such high-level outreach from India after that country's military evicted the democratically-elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup o
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For "Democratic Trajectory", US May Bring Measures Against Myanmar Junta
The United States is considering new measures to pressure the Myanmar junta to return to a "democratic trajectory", Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, as alarm grows over an escalating crackdown on dissent.
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UN Deplores Aung San Suu Kyi's Jail Term, Calls Trial "Sham"
The UN rights chief on Monday slammed the Myanmar junta over the conviction and sentencing of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison, and demanded her release.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Testifies For First Time In Junta Court
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified for the first time in a junta court on Tuesday, four months after being put on trial by the military that toppled her government, a source with knowledge of the case told AFP.
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UN Fears "Mass Atrocity Crimes" In Myanmar Amid Military Build-Up In North
The UN said Friday it feared an even greater human rights catastrophe in Myanmar amid reports of thousands of troops massing in the north of the Southeast Asian country, which has been in chaos since a February coup.
