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Myanmar military extends ceasefire until March 31

The Myanmar military extended the nationwide ceasefire with armed groups until March 31 on Friday, calling for peace talks. The latter had previously refused further political dialogue with the milit

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Indian opposition parties call for nationwide bandh over demonetisation

​As a mark of their disapproval with regard to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetization move, the leaders of the Opposition parties have called for a nationwide bandh on November 28.

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Myanmar gov't, ethnic armed groups agree to hold political dialogue soonest

The Myanmar government's Central Peace Making Work Committee and representatives of ethnic armed groups on Tuesday agreed to hold political dialogue soonest, a statement said.

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Morsi's opponents, supporters stage mass protests across Egypt

Opponents and supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi held nationwide protests on Sunday, with the former celebrating his leave and the latter demanding his return.