ASEANEWS HEADLINES: DEMOCRACY-FREEDOM: YANGON- Myanmar police raid protest district as World Bank halts some payments

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Myanmar police launched a crackdown overnight in a Yangon district after breaking up a protest to oppose a military appointed local official, as the World Bank halted payments to projects in the country that were made after the Feb 1 coup.

There have been daily protests and strikes by pro-democracy supporters for about three weeks, often drawing hundreds of thousands of people.

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Violence broke out on the streets of the commercial hub of Yangon on Thursday after some in a crowd of about 1,000 military loyalists attacked pro-democracy supporters and media. Several people were beaten by groups of men, some armed with knives, others firing catapults and hurling stones, witnesses said.

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At least two people were stabbed, video footage showed.In a separate incident, riot police fired tear gas into the Tamwe neighbourhood of Yangon to disperse a crowd protesting the replacement of a local official by the military, according to a witness and live-streamed video.

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Here is the GLOBAL status as of Friday, 7am, February 26, 2021

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The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 218 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.

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COVID-19 infection crosses 113.5 million globally as deaths cross are at 2.517 million.

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The update-2.26.2021 Sick Earth Plague Day 457

 (1 Year, 2 Months, 26 Days)

Coronavirus Covid-19

Cases Globally:  113,482,725;
Deaths: 2,517,120:
Recovered :89,023,651.

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