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- Daw Suu challenges military powerbrokers to take off uniforms
- Meth production soars to meet demand
- Letpadaung workers released
- World Bank ‘sorry’ over river dispute
| Daw Suu challenges military powerbrokers to take off uniforms Posted: 19 May 2014 02:02 PM PDT
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has challenged military officials to quit the army if they want to take part in politics, as she kicked off a series of public rallies in Yangon on May 17. |
| Meth production soars to meet demand Posted: 19 May 2014 12:25 PM PDT Strong and growing demand for drugs in Asia is driving up global production of methamphetamine, with seizures in the region tripling in five years to record levels, says UNODC. |
| Posted: 19 May 2014 12:12 PM PDT Two Chinese workers kidnapped and threatened at a China-backed copper mine in Myanmar have been released, after they were held by activists demanding a halt to the controversial project. |
| World Bank ‘sorry’ over river dispute Posted: 19 May 2014 12:05 PM PDT A World Bank official has apologised to civil society groups for describing the Ayeyarwady River as an "international river" because its tributaries originate in China and India. |
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