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Myanmar leader Suu Kyi departs for genocide hearings amid fanfare at home

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By Thu Thu Aung, Poppy McPherson Verified, Lincoln Feast Verified
| infodig.com.ng
By Thu Thu Aung, Poppy McPherson YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar leader and Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi departed on Sunday for the U.N’s top court in The Hague to defend the country against charges of genocide of its Rohingya Muslim minority. Suu Kyi was pictured smiling as she walked through the airport in the nation’s capital, Naypyitaw, flanked by officials, a day after thousands rallied in the city to support her and a prayer ceremony was held in her name.
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Monk militia: The Buddhist clergy backing Myanmar's junta

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By Thu Thu Aung, Poppy McPherson Verified
| The Japan Times Verified
In a monastery in central Myanmar, a Buddhist monk, Wathawa, rallies his militia with a cry: “What’s our spirit like?” “The spirit of iron!” shout a group of rifle-bearing men, loyalists of the military junta that seized power last year, now fighting to crush fledgling pro-democracy groups. The scene, from a video posted online by army-linked media, would have seemed unimaginable to previous generations in the overwhelmingly Buddhist nation.
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Monk militia: The Buddhist clergy backing Myanmar's junta

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By Thu Thu Aung, Poppy McPherson Verified
| Inkl
In a monastery in central Myanmar, a Buddhist monk, Wathawa, rallies his militia with a cry: "What's our spirit like?" "The spirit of iron!" shout a group of rifle-bearing men, loyalists of the military junta that seized power last year, now fighting to crush fledgling pro-democracy groups. The scene, from a video posted online by army-linked media, would have seemed unimaginable to previous generations in the overwhelmingly Buddhist nation.
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