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Myanmar army picks hardliner as new vice president
Jul 10th, 2012
A retired Myanmar general, seen as a hardliner for close ties to the former junta and its deadly crackdown on 2007 monk-led rallies, has been nominated to be vice president, a military official said Tuesday. (Source: AFP) -
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