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Yangon, Feb 17 (EFE/EPA).- Mass protests were taking place across Myanmar on Wednesday, a day after elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was slapped with another charge and amid fears of a crackdown by security forces.While overnight internet blackouts and a military presence in Yangon reduced protester numbers earlier this week, activists involved in the 1998 uprising urged youth, especially, to take part in mass demonstrations on Wednesday against the Feb. 1 military coup and the detention of elected leaders.On Tuesday afternoon, police slapped Suu Kyi with a second charge, and she appeared in court via video conference ahead of schedule and without the knowledge or representation of a lawyer. She had been remanded until Wednesday. (Camera: LYNN BO BO).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO PROTEST AGAINST THE MILITARY COUP IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Turkish police force their way through protesters and into the headquarters of Zaman newspaper after a court issued its seizure. Natasha Howitt reports.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen recommends the bloc drop a plan to cut pesticide use in agriculture as a concession to protesting European farmers. The original proposal, put forward by her European Commission as part of the European Union's green transition, "has become a symbol of polarisation," she tells the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. SOUNDBITE
Representatives of the majority farming unions, Arnaud Rousseau (FNSEA) and Arnaud Gaillot (Jeunes Agriculteurs), arrive at Matignon to meet French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and obtain "concrete measures" to deal with farmers' anger. 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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