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Betel vendors spitting mad at prospect of govt ban
Sales of betel quid are down almost by half in many parts of Burma amid rumours of a government ban on chewing betel.
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Ex-political prisoner dies of cancer
Family of 38-year-old had complained Zaw Lin Htun was being denied adequate treatment and lobbied President Thein Sein for his release
Family pleads for release of ailing prisoner
Family of gravely ill political prisoner plead for his release before he dies so he can see his family and taste freedom again
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Tavoy’s forewarning
In the late 1980s Thailand embarked on an ambitious project to transform a popular stretch of coastline east of Bangkok into the country’s largest industrial estate. Ten years later however[…]
