Hundreds of Snakes Released in Myanmar’s Shan State to Fight Rampaging Rodents
The government of Shan State is providing villages with nonvenomous snakes to fight an infestation of rats that has wiped out rice crops.
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ICOE report details mass killings of nearly 1,000 people, other atrocities; the President concurs with its recommendations of prosecutions in civilian, military courts.
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NLD parliamentarian U Whei Tin has been released by the Arakan Army, which claimed he was spying for Myanmar’s army.
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China Reports Fourth Death as New Virus Infection Among Humans Confirmed
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A fourth person has died of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus in Wuhan, China; human-to-human transmission has been confirmed.
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