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Myanmar's Youngest Victim: Girl, 7, Shot in Dad's Arms

Soldiers Kill 7-Year-Old in
Her Own Home in Myanmar

Mar 24, 2021 12:41 PM CDT

Soldiers Kill 7-Year-Old in Her Own Home in Myanmar

20 children thought to be among at least 275 people killed since Feb. 1

(Newser) - More deaths were reported in Myanmar on Tuesday, including that of a 7-year-old girl reportedly shot in her father's arms. Soldiers were raiding homes in Mandalay to look for opponents and weapons when they kicked down the family's door, asking the father whether anyone else was at...

Top Vacations
Off-Limits to
Americans

TRAVEL

Jun 14, 2008 4:53 PM CDT

Top Vacations Off-Limits to Americans

Iran, North Korea, Somalia have charms ... if you can get there

(Newser) - Here are top spots for an exotic foreign trip—except that Washington has labeled them off-limits or far too dangerous. Foreign Policy lists five:

Mt. Kumgang is North Korea's "unspoiled spiritual retreat," but Americans will be quarantined by Pyongyang if they can even get in.

Burma Lifts Curfew, Ban
on Assembly

Oct 20, 2007 3:34 PM CDT

Burma Lifts Curfew, Ban on Assembly

Junta offers talks to jailed leader after Bush levies sanctions

(Newser) - Burma is scrapping a curfew and a ban on assemblies of more than 5 people in Yangon, apparently assured that pro-democracy protests are dead. The junta also gave opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi a fresh invite for compromise talks, the AP reports. Both moves come after Bush imposed a...

Junta Issues Curfew to Stem Protests

Sep 25, 2007 6:02 PM CDT

Junta Issues Curfew to Stem Protests

Monks vow to keep marching as government sends troops to rally sites

(Newser) - Burma issued a dusk-to-dawn curfew and warned it will crack down on any large meetings, but protesters still marched by the tens of thousands today. The junta also sent out armed troops and declared it time to "take action," raising fears that it will repeat its 1988 crackdown,...