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Myanmar's ruling military has executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out "terror acts", it said on Monday, sparking widespread condemnation of the Southeast Asian nation's first executions in decades. RFI correspondant Juliette Verlin reports from Yangon, Myanmar.

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