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Myanmar junta keeps pressure on protesters, journalists

By The Associated Press, published by US News and World Report Mandalay, Myanmar — Police in Myanmar fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in the country’s two largest cities and elsewhere today (March 12), as authorities continued their harsh crackdown on opponents of last month’s military coup. A German news agency reported the

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Health

PM, Cabinet put off AstraZeneca jab after scare in Europe

PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and cabinet ministers postponed getting their AstraZeneca vaccination shot this morning (March 12) after it was reported that seven European countries had suspended using this brand of coronavirus vaccine over blood clot fears, TV Channel 7 reported. Instead of going to Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute at the Public Health Ministry to

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