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Officials Say Bodies And Debris Found From Missing Myanmar Military Plane

Updated 11 p.m. ET

Myanmar officials say bodies and debris have been found from a military plane that disappeared Wednesday with more than 100 passengers and crew aboard. Continue reading “Officials Say Bodies And Debris Found From Missing Myanmar Military Plane”

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Aung San Suu Kyi Had a Plan to Bring Peace to Myanmar. But Convincing Others Hasn’t Been So Easy

By Francis Wade
Francis Wade is a journalist and the author of the forthcoming ‘Myanmar’s Enemy Within: Buddhist Violence And The Making Of A Muslim Other’ (Zed Books, August 2017)

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Modern Day Sex Slaves / Thailand to Minnesota ( Crackdown Intl Prostution Ring)

MINNEAPOLIS — Hundreds of women were brought from Thailand to the US and forced to be “modern day sex slaves”, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday that Continue reading “Modern Day Sex Slaves / Thailand to Minnesota ( Crackdown Intl Prostution Ring)”

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Myanmar, having warmed to the West, turns to China again

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Myanmar was supposed to turn away from China and toward the West when the U.S. helped it transition from five decades of military rule. Continue reading “Myanmar, having warmed to the West, turns to China again”

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Police: Bomb at hospital wounds more than 20

Authorities say a bomb at a hospital in Bangkok has wounded 21 people.

The blast went off at 10am on Monday in the dispensary’s waiting room for Continue reading “Police: Bomb at hospital wounds more than 20”

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Full Time ‘King’ / Part Time ‘Pilot’

The king of the Netherlands has revealed he has been living a secret double life as a co-pilot for a commercial airline. Continue reading “Full Time ‘King’ / Part Time ‘Pilot’”

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‘It only takes one terrorist’: the Buddhist monk who reviles Myanmar’s Muslims

Critics of Ashin Wirathu and his denim-clad disciples say the monk incites racial violence against Rohingya refugees. He claims he is merely protecting his people Continue reading “‘It only takes one terrorist’: the Buddhist monk who reviles Myanmar’s Muslims”

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The Beginner Guide to Anal Sex

Bumming, butt stuff, dookie love. Whatever you call it, anal sex is on the up. While it doesn’t float everyone’s boat, a growing number of men and women (a combined 78 per Continue reading “The Beginner Guide to Anal Sex”

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Myanmar police fire shots to break up nationalist, Muslim scuffles

Yangon (AFP) – Police in Myanmar fired warning shots to break up scuffles between Buddhist nationalists and Muslims in Myanmar’s biggest city in the early hours of Wednesday after a crowd went hunting for “illegal” Rohingya. Continue reading “Myanmar police fire shots to break up nationalist, Muslim scuffles”

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Trump fires James Comey

By Somerset Nelson | 21 South News 
President Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey on Tuesday according to the reporting from Breitbart News   Continue reading “Trump fires James Comey”

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Why Myanmar’s military is not planning a coup

Speculation about military intentions makes for a good conspiracy theory but facts tell a different story.

Myanmar has always encouraged conspiracy theories. Most have proven Continue reading “Why Myanmar’s military is not planning a coup”

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How France’s new president will change the world

A Global Politico special edition inside Macron’s landslide — and what it means for Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and the rest of us.

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CENSORED BY FACEBOOK

The social network is blocking Thai users from seeing video of their King in a crop top.

By on May 8, 2017

Facebook has blocked users in Thailand from accessing a video that shows the country’s king strolling through a German shopping mall wearing a crop-top revealing his Continue reading “CENSORED BY FACEBOOK”

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Clinton Blames 2016 Loss On Comey Letter, Russian Interference — And Herself

In her most frank remarks to date after her loss to President Trump, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton said that if not for a controversial letter from FBI Director James Comey and Russian meddling in the election, she would be sitting in the Oval Office right now. Continue reading “Clinton Blames 2016 Loss On Comey Letter, Russian Interference — And Herself”

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