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Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s commander-in-chief, shakes hands with National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi before their meeting in Hlaing’s office at Naypyitaw
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 6, 2016 | World
YANGON – Hundreds of villagers in Myanmar protested on Friday against the recommencement of operations at a Chinese-backed copper mine where some people broke through police barriers protecting the mine, operated by Myanmar Wanbao, a unit of a Chinese weapons...
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Turkish woman using a mobile phone to read the news on social media joins demonstrators at midnight in Taksim Gezi Park on June 13, 2013 in Istanbul. (AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE)
by Tamim Khallaf | Nov 19, 2013 | Opinion
The unprecedented wave of nationwide mass demonstrations in the Arab world, subsequently labeled as the “Arab Spring,” took people by surprise. These spontaneous, massive protests not only succeeded in toppling four Arab heads of state and continue to challenge...
