YANGON: According to AP News from Yangon, the military-backed government of Myanmar has deported Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh, who stars as pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming movie, officials said Tuesday.
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According to Ashis Ray from TNN News, Myanmar’s opposition leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San San Suu Kyi could alter her policy of non-violence. She gave this indication while speaking from a secret location in Yangon to a select audience at a BBC studio in central London on Monday afternoon.
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By Salai Thang
Staff Correspondence of Global Digest
June 3, 2011
Members of Myanmar ethnic nationalities participates an international cultural festival held in Kristiansand, Southern Norway on May 28, 2011.
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SYDNEY: According to AFP reports, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was Wednesday awarded the SydneyPeace Foundation’s top honour for “exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights”, joining the likes of Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama.
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LUCKNOW: A human life is worth 50 paise in Ulta Pradesh. If you don’t believe it, read on: a dispute over payment of 50 paise less to buy a sachet of gutka in Rampur left a youth dead and his father-in-law critical.
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LONDON: Believe it or not, one in 20 British women doesn’t know how to boil an egg or prepare a breakfast.
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LONDON: A 23-year-old woman from Romania has claimed to have become the “world’s youngest grandmother”, a media report said.
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