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Pita: Activist’s death an opportunity to put out political fire

  FORMER Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat said today (May 19) the tragic death of  political activist Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom due to a hunger strike during detention at a Bangkok prison is an opportunity to remove the fuel from political fire should all sides reach an agreement, Naewna newspaper said. Speaking at Bitec before his

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Ethnic armed group says it has captured a town in western Myanmar

  By Grant Peck, AP – published by Yahoo!News A POWERFUL ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine claimed on Saturday (May 18) to have seized a town near the border with Bangladesh, marking the latest in a series of victories for foes of the country’s military government.

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