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Toxic Thailand rivers pinned on Myanmar mines
AFP, Published on 11/06/2025
» CHIANG RAI — A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government's already feeble writ, and pollution levels are rising downstream in Thailand.
Myanmar holds census amid conflict
Kyodo News, Published on 01/10/2024
» Myanmar’s military government on Tuesday began conducting a national census to prepare for a general election it hopes to hold next year, amid a conflict with opposition forces across the country that has killed thousands and displaced millions since the 2021 military coup.
Fragile unity pushes Myanmar junta to the brink
Reuters, Published on 18/04/2024
» MYAWADDY - Myawaddy, a critical trading post in Myanmar that rebel forces seized from the ruling junta last week, offers a glimpse of dynamics playing out across the Southeast Asian country as its vaunted military reels from battlefield losses.
25 killed in police raid on Rio slum
AFP, Published on 07/05/2021
» RIO DE JANEIRO - A massive police operation against drug traffickers in a Brazilian favela Thursday left 25 people dead, turning the impoverished Rio de Janeiro neighborhood into a battlefield and drawing condemnation from rights groups.