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Two killed in Myanmar city of Mandalay in another day of protests

Two killed in Myanmar city of Mandalay in another day of protests

TWO people were killed in Myanmar's second city Mandalay yesterday when police fired to disperse protesting opponents of a February 1 military coup, emergency workers said. "Twenty people were injured and two are dead," said Ko Aung, a leader of the Parahita Darhi volunteer emergency service agency in the city. Opponents of the coup took to the streets in several Myanmar cities and towns with members of ethnic minorities, poets and transport workers among those demanding an end to military rule and the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others. Some protesters fired catapults at police in…
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Myanmar protester dies after 10 days on life support; pressure grows on army

Myanmar protester dies after 10 days on life support; pressure grows on army

A young woman protester in Myanmar died yesterday after being shot in the head last week as police dispersed a crowd, her brother said, the first death among opponents of the February 1 military coup since demonstrations began two weeks ago. News of the death came as baton-wielding police and soldiers broke up a procession of people carrying banners of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the northern town of Myitkyina and thousands returned to the streets of the main city of Yangon. Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing, who had just turned 20, had been on life support since being…
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