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Myanmar's Suu Kyi moved to solitary confinement in prison
Myanmar's Suu Kyi moved to solitary confinement in prison
by  AFP

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a junta spokesman said on Thursday. (Aung San Suu Kyi) has been kept in solitary confinement in prison" since Wednesday, Zaw Min Tun said in a statement.

Russia and China eye NATO's 'Arctic Achilles heel'
Russia and China eye NATO's 'Arctic Achilles heel'
by  AFP

Russian flags flap in the stiff polar breeze, a bust of Lenin looms out of the snow and a vast slogan declares, "Communism is our goal!" It is hard to miss China's Institute of Polar Research in Spitsbergen's third biggest settlement Ny-Alesund, a former mining community now given over to international science.

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