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| Soe Thein is a pious man. Every evening he kneels before a Buddhist shrine in his Yangon home to pray for the only woman he believes can lead Myanmar to a brighter future.
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| Protests in Hong Kong against Beijing |
| Thousands of protesters marched to the mainland Chinese government’s liaison office in Hong Kong today, demanding universal suffrage and protesting against Beijing̵
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| Rebellion in fabled Timbuktu |
| Booms from rocket launchers and automatic gunfire crackled on Sunday around Mali’s fabled town of Timbuktu, known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning, for its 700-ye
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| Wacky robot rush to moon for $20m |
| Some crawl like snakes or scuttle on spider legs, others lumber on tank tracks like the Pixar movie hero Wall-E. But all these exotic machines are unified by one goal
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| Syria uprising fund plan |
| Participants at a conference on Syria have said Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries are creating a multimillion-dollar fund to pay salaries to members of the rebel Free Syr
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| Aung San Suu Kyi’s supporters cheer as they watch the voting trends on screen on the roof of their party office in Yangon. (Reuters) |
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