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Thousands of monks celebrate Buddha’s birthday at junta event

MANDALAY, MYANMAR (AFP) -Thousands of monks celebrated the birth of Buddha at a junta-organised event in Mandalay on Saturday, highlighting a division in the clergy since last year’s coup in Myanmar. Since the coup that ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, more than 1,800 people have died in a brutal military crackdown on dissent,
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