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Myanmar’s junta on Thursday says it is implementing a unilateral one-month ceasefire but is making an exception for actions that disrupt the government’s security and administrative operations — an apparent reference to the mass movement that has held daily protests against its seizure of power in February. The ceasefire appeared to refer to actions taken against ethnic armed groups, where fighting has increased since the juntas seizure of power in a coup on February 1. The statement ca...

Read more about 14 protesters, one police officer killed in Myanmar unrest, says report on Business Standard. Martial law was imposed in Hlaingthaya and another district of Myanmars commercial hub, state media announced.

Read more about 8 more protesters shot dead in Myanmar, Suu Kyi faces corruption charges on Business Standard. Rights group Amnesty International accused the military of adopting battle tactics against demonstrators.

Each year demining teams clear dozens of shells and weighing hundreds of millions of pounds. >> every year we still find unexploded ordinance. >> reporter: after the war the battle fields were described as completely devastated, with 100% damage to properties and agriculture. human life was considered impossible. but it the war left a far more toxic website. >> almost nothing is growing but this is a place we call -- >> reporter: at this site 25 kilometers from the city, they burned gas shells. ...