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Myanmar: Deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces additional corruption charg
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], January 14 (ANI): Authorities in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday filed new corruption charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in connection with purchase of a helicopter.
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Myanmar: People hold 'silent strike' to boycott military regime
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], December 11 (ANI): People in Myanmar on Friday organised a 'Silent Strike' to boycott the military rule in the country.
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Myanmar coup can lead to disaster for China's interests: Report
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], September 12 (ANI): The Myanmar coup that removed elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and positioned the country's army into power could prove to be a disaster for China's interests in the region, as the new military rulers crave greater autonomy from Beijing, a media report
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Myanmar protestors mark anniversary of 1988 uprising
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], August 9 (ANI): To mark the 33rd anniversary of the 1988 uprising against military rule that was violently put down, protestors came out in cities across Myanmar on Sunday to protest against the military junta.
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Blinken expresses 'grave concern' over military rule in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 4 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has expressed "grave concern" over military rule in Myanmar and urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to act to restore democracy there.
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People in Myanmar facing cash shortage, rising prices of goods and service
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 30 (ANI): Amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar due to the February 1 military coup, people are facing a shortage of cash and rising prices of goods and services as they are withdrawing their savings from banks out of concern for the future.
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Noted Myanmar anti-coup activist dies after being set ablaze by unidentifi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 16 (ANI): Amid human rights violations in military-ruled Myanmar, a noted Myanmarese poet, philanthropist and veteran politician died after he was set ablaze by an unidentified man. This is being seen as another act perpetrated by the junta's security forces in the c
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Parcel bomb kills NLD lawmaker, 4 others in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 4 (ANI): As many as five people died in a parcel bomb explosion in the city of Bago on Monday, including an ousted member of parliament from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), according to local media reports.
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8 killed as Myanmar security forces open fire on 'spring revolution' prote
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 3 (ANI): Three months after a coup plunged Myanmar into crisis on February 1, as many as eight people were killed as security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against the military rule in the country.
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Four killed, 23 injured as civilians clash with security forces in Chad
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
N'Djamena [Chad], April 27 (ANI/Sputnik): At least four people were killed and 23 others sustained injuries in clashes between protesters against the military rule and law enforcement officers in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena, an informed source told Sputnik.
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US slaps sanctions on Myanmar's state gem company
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 8 (ANI): The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Myanmar's state gem company in a bid to cut the "economic resource" of the country's military rulers.
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Military coup: UK, Canada sanction Myanmar generals for human rights viola
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 19 (ANI): The United Kingdom and Canada on Thursday (local time) imposed sanctions on Myanmar's military rulers for launching a coup against the civilian government.
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