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Myanmar arrests UN staff

Ten staff members of the United Nations and foreign NGOs have been detained in Myanmar, the United Nations office in Geneva said on Friday.

At least three of those "detained" by police are Myanmar nationals working for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The commissioner himself, Antonio Guterres, visited Myanmar on Thursday/UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming told a media briefing she would not provide...

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  • abbub

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    Discussion 2 : 14 Jul 2012 at 10.422

    MATHEW I guess sin a sense you are right. They have seen that even by playing at democracy the people in power still control just about everything as long as the farce can keep being displayed for the outside world.

    Who knows, maybe Myanmar will soon go all the way and open their own Pattaya wonderland.

  • mathew

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    Discussion 1 : 14 Jul 2012 at 00.511

    that's great news for Myammar turning into Democratic society like thais.

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