Myanmar power protests put Government to the test
Protests this past week in Myanmar over
persistent power shortages have provided a test of how the country's
elected but military-backed government will respond to rising
expectations sparked by democratic reforms.Small demonstrations in
Myanmar's two largest cities and several towns could be seen as an
indicator of the new openness under President,
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Joe Biden tells of anguish after the death of wife and daughter
Vice-President Joe Biden said he "understood"
the anguish that led people to suicide as he recounted the deaths of
his wife and daughter in a moving speech to the families of fallen
US troops.With his voice occasionally breaking with emotion, Mr
Biden recounted the phone call in December 1972,
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More than half of South Africa’s children live in poverty
More than half of South Africa's children live
in poverty and one in four has HIV, a damning report by the United
Nations children's agency has revealed. Eighteen years after the end
of apartheid, South Africa is now judged to be one of the most
unequal societies in the world and its 19 million children bear the
brunt of the disconnect.
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