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  • myanmar students vow protests over education law

    Myanmar students vow protests over education law

    World | November 18, 2014 13:41 IST

    Yangon: Students in Myanmar have threatened to protest nationwide if the government does not amend an education law that prohibits them from engaging in political activities and curbs academic freedom.After four consecutive days of defying

  • buddhist mobs kill 1 torch 70 homes in myanmar

    Buddhist mobs kill 1, torch 70 homes in Myanmar

    World | October 01, 2013 18:14 IST

    Thandwe, Myanmar: President Thein Sein traveled to Myanmar's conflict-torn west today as a new spate of sectarian violence gripped the state of Rakhine, with police saying Buddhist rioters killed a 94-year-old Muslim woman and torched

  • huge crowds in yangon welcome obama

    Huge crowds in Yangon welcome Obama

    World | November 19, 2012 12:28 IST

    Yangon, Nov 19:  Launching a landmark visit to long shunned Myanmar, President Barack Obama said Monday he comes to "extend the hand of friendship" to a nation moving from persecution to peace. But his praise

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