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'''Myanmar''' is a country in southeast [[Asia]], also known as Burma (to those who do not recognise its current government as legitimate).
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'''Myanmar''' (or '''Burma''') is a country in southeast [[Asia]].
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The capital is Naypyidaw.
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The capital is Naypyidaw.
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The current government lost the last election but refused to give up power. In September 2007, monks and other protesters paraded through the streets for over 9 days before the government ordered them to disperse.
    
It is severely censured by groups from [[ASEAN]] <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3085819.stm </ref> and [[Amnesty International]] <ref>http://web.amnesty.org/report2005/mmr-summary-eng</ref> for its appalling [[human rights]] abuses, ranging from forced labour, to a campaign of oppression and what some claim amounts to [[genocide]].
 
It is severely censured by groups from [[ASEAN]] <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3085819.stm </ref> and [[Amnesty International]] <ref>http://web.amnesty.org/report2005/mmr-summary-eng</ref> for its appalling [[human rights]] abuses, ranging from forced labour, to a campaign of oppression and what some claim amounts to [[genocide]].
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