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Thai-Myanmar border closure leads to shortages in Yangon

Yangon - A month-long closure of the Thai-Myanmar border to trade has caused a shortage of consumer items such as televisions and refrigerators in Yangon, media reports said Sunday.

Myanmar's ruling junta last month shut down the Myawaddy-Mae...

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Air fares rise in UK

In the UK, Virgin Atlantic Airways and British Airways have raised fares.

Both airlines have cited an increase in business travel as the reason for being able to generate higher fares.

The biggest long-distance carriers at London's...

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Fidel Castro addresses Cuban parliament

Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Saturday delivered a speech on the Iranian nuclear issue before country's parliament, his first official appearance in four years.

Dressed in his trademark olive green military uniform, the 83-year-old...

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Former Hussein government minister critical of US Iraq pullout

Saddam Hussein's former deputy prime minister, Tareq Aziz, has been highly critical of the US policy to withdraw combat troops, which will happen despite a recent upsurge in violence.

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