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“Myanmar's coup leader who set off a brutal civil war becomes president”
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— Maung Maung Aye (Burmese: မောင်မောင်အေး; pronounced [maʊɰ̃ maʊɰ̃ʔ]; born 1962) is a Burmese army general currently serving as the Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister of Defence of Myanmar since 1…
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— The Provisional Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် အိမ်စောင့်အစိုးရ), was a provisional government for Myanmar appointed by the State Admini…
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— Min Aung Hlaing (born 3 July 1956) is a Burmese politician, retired army general, and the president-elect of Myanmar, having ruled the country under various titles since seizing power in the 2021 coup…
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“General Min Aung Hlaing presided over his last military parade in Myanmar before he takes up the role of president”
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— The Provisional Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် အိမ်စောင့်အစိုးရ), was a provisional government for Myanmar appointed by the State Admini…
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— Min Aung Hlaing (born 3 July 1956) is a Burmese politician, retired army general, and the president-elect of Myanmar, having ruled the country under various titles since seizing power in the 2021 coup…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Aung_Hlaing
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— The Myanmar Army (Burmese: တပ်မတော်(ကြည်း); pronounced [taʔmədɔ̀ tɕí]) is the largest branch of the Tatmadaw, the armed forces of Myanmar, and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_Army
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_Army
“Lawyers for Naveed Akram had argued his mother, brother and sister live in 'constant fear'”
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“China is trying to play peacemaker in the Iran war - will it work?”
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— China is trying to play peacemaker in the Iran war - will it work?
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“Fears cost of water and beer to soar as India's scorching summer hits”
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“Iconic 19th Century painting sets Indian art record with $17.9m sale”
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— Shakuntala or Shakuntala looking for Dushyanta is an 1898 epic painting by Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma.
Ravi Varma depicts Shakuntala, an important character of Mahabharata, pretending to remove a …
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— Raja Ravi Varma (Malayalam: [rajaː ravi varma(ː)ɐ]) (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely …
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— Ravi Varma (born 29 September 1975) is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu films. Known for playing supporting roles, he debuted as an actor with Vennela (2005), directed by Deva Katta.
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“Magnitude 7.4 earthquake hits off Indonesia, killing one”
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— A major 7.4-magnitude quake struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Thursday (April 2, 2026), killing at least one person, causing waves of up to 75 centimetres (2.5 feet) and triggering a tsunam…
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“Iran war economic shocks will last 'months', says Australia's PM”
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“Divorced couples in Japan can now share custody of their children”
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“Stanford University wins battle to keep diaries of Mao Zedong's secretary”
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“'A succulent Chinese meal' - iconic Australian quote immortalised in national film archive”
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“Fugitive Dezi Freeman shot dead by Australian police after seven months in hiding”
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“'My six-year-old has nosebleeds': Chiang Mai air pollution sparks health fears”
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“Iran war affecting migrant workers in the Gulf”
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“'Felt close to death': Indian seafarers detained in Iran return home”
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“How Pakistan won over Trump to become an unlikely mediator in the Iran war”
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“Shock, sadness and relief in town at centre of Australia's seven-month police manhunt”
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