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    By-elections: NLD launches campaign to hold Kawhmu
    February 6, 2017in 2017 by-elections, Elections, Lead Story, News338by DVB
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    By-elections: NLD launches campaign to hold Kawhmu

    The NLD’s candidate to succeed Suu Kyi in Kawhmu is Kyaw Win Swe, an English tutor and son of well-known writer Myaungmya Ba Swe.

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    Possessed by ghosts: 3 children killed in Rangoon ‘exorcism’
    October 24, 2016in Lead Story, News, Rangoon356by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Possessed by ghosts: 3 children killed in Rangoon ‘exorcism’

    The would-be exorcist, named as Tun Naing, has now been arrested and is likely to face charges of murder.

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    Burmese man mauled to death by wild elephant
    September 12, 2016in Accidents, Lead Story, News3by MAY THWE
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    Burmese man mauled to death by wild elephant

    According to locals, at least three people in Taikkyi are killed by wild elephants every year.

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    Interview: 'No more violent crackdowns under this government'
    April 28, 2016in Interview, Lead Story, News, Politics170by HTET KHAUNG LINN / MYANMAR NOW
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    Interview: 'No more violent crackdowns under this government'

    Nay Phone Latt, a well-known blogger and new NLD MP for the Rangoon Division parliament, discusses what the city should prioritise under the new government.

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    Thingyan restrictions force party organisers to look for loopholes
    April 5, 2016in Culture, Lead Story, News624by DVB
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    Thingyan restrictions force party organisers to look for loopholes

    Organisers of commercial Thingyan stages in Rangoon are scrambling to find a way to work around new restrictions.

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    NUP, the party that survived
    October 31, 2015in 2015 Elections, Lead Story, News, Politics137by EI CHERRY AUNG / MYANMAR NOW
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    NUP, the party that survived

    “Some people are surprised our party has survived,” says National Unity Party candidate Phyu Phyu Nyunt.

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