Two people dead in Myanmar anti-coup protest shooting 2
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Two people dead in Myanmar anti-coup protest shooting

Myanmar’s security forces fired live rounds and rubber bullets at protesters in the country’s second-largest city on Saturday, leaving at least two dead and about 30 injured.Much of the country has been in uproar since the military deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup on February 1, with hundreds of thousands of

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Myanmar military junta tightens grip, arrests more aides of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi 3
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Myanmar military junta tightens grip, arrests more aides of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi

The military junta in Myanmar has moved to tighten its grip on the country after arresting one of the closest aides of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an overnight raid. The arrest of Kyaw Tint Swe and four others was confirmed in a statement on Wednesday by the National League for Democracy (NLD)

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Biden approves order for sanctions on Myanmar generals, demands democratic leader released 4
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Biden approves order for sanctions on Myanmar generals, demands democratic leader released

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had approved an executive order for new sanctions on those responsible for the military coup in Myanmar and he repeated demands for the generals to give up power and free civilian leaders. Biden said the order enabled his administration “to immediately sanction the military leaders who directed

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Coup: US threatens sanction as Myanmar's soldiers chase Prime Minister out of power 5
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Coup: US threatens sanction as Myanmar’s soldiers chase Prime Minister out of power

The military in Myanmar has removed the Prime Minister, Aung San Suu Kyi from power. The military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of the Nobel laureate. Aung San Suu Kyi before her ouster was de facto prime minister in her position as state counsellor. The United States has

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