Tag: Myanmar
Deadly storms and floods wreak havoc in Myanmar and India
août 2, 2015
Tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes in Myanmar, amid deadly monsoon rains. Helicopters are plucking the stranded to safety, but some remain cut off in remote villages. Storms and floods have killed more than 20 people, with water levels reportedly as high as four-and-a-half metres in some areas. Vast swathes […]
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Myanmar police chase down students in 3rd protest crackdown
mars 6, 2015
Police chased down student protesters and dragged them onto trucks Friday in Myanmar’s third such crackdown on public demonstrations in as many days. Authorities went after five students after they broke off from 200 other demonstrators locked in a standoff at a Letpadan monastery, an Associated Press photographer and other witnesses said. The demonstrators oppose […]
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