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People gather and wait outside Insein prison in Yangon with hopes of seeing their loved ones Sunday after Myanmar's junta said it would release over 1,600 prisoners from jails across the country to mark the Buddhist new year. IMAGES
Mandalay, Mar 11 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar’s military junta has accused Aung San Suu Kyi of taking illegal bribes in cash and gold in what was the latest charges leveled against the democratically-elected leader since she was overthrown on Feb. 1.Brig. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the junta, told a press conference that Suu Kyi had accepted some $600,000 in illegal payments, according to local channel DVB.Suu Kyi has remained in detention for five weeks and faces a number of accusations from the military junta. (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: ANTI-COUP PROTESTS ON MARCH 11, 2021, AND PROTE IN MANDALAY; AND PEOPLE OFFER FLOWERS AT A MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL OF AN UNIDENTIFIED DEMONSTRATOR WHO DIED DURING THE CRACKDOWN WITH THE SECURITY FORCES IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Mandalay, Mar 11 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar’s military junta has accused Aung San Suu Kyi of taking illegal bribes in cash and gold in what was the latest charges leveled against the democratically-elected leader since she was overthrown on Feb. 1.Brig. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the junta, told a press conference that Suu Kyi had accepted some $600,000 in illegal payments, according to local channel DVB.Suu Kyi has remained in detention for five weeks and faces a number of accusations from the military junta. (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: ANTI-COUP PROTESTS ON MARCH 11, 2021, AND PROTE IN MANDALAY; AND PEOPLE OFFER FLOWERS AT A MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL OF AN UNIDENTIFIED DEMONSTRATOR WHO DIED DURING THE CRACKDOWN WITH THE SECURITY FORCES IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Myanmar's junta pardoned more than 2,000 political prisoners to mark a Buddhist holiday, with families rushing to prisons for tearful reunions with loved ones jailed in a sweeping crackdown on dissent. IMAGES
People gather in Moscow ahead of the funeral of a high-profile military blogger and staunch supporter of Moscow's assault on Ukraine, Vladlen Tatarsky, who was killed an explosion at a cafe in Russia's second city, Saint Petersburg, on April 2nd. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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