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Yangon, Feb 17 (EFE/EPA).- Mass protests were taking place across Myanmar on Wednesday, a day after elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was slapped with another charge and amid fears of a crackdown by security forces.While overnight internet blackouts and a military presence in Yangon reduced protester numbers earlier this week, activists involved in the 1998 uprising urged youth, especially, to take part in mass demonstrations on Wednesday against the Feb. 1 military coup and the detention of elected leaders.On Tuesday afternoon, police slapped Suu Kyi with a second charge, and she appeared in court via video conference ahead of schedule and without the knowledge or representation of a lawyer. She had been remanded until Wednesday. (Camera: LYNN BO BO).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO PROTEST AGAINST THE MILITARY COUP IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Doctors, nurses and teachers in Zimbabwe are striking over unpaid wages, one day after a protest by taxi drivers over hefty government fines turned violent. Mana Rabiee reports.
People arrive at the Savigny-sur-Orge mosque, during the funeral of Shemseddine, a 15-year-old French teenager beaten to death after school in Viry-Chatillon, south of Paris. Mats and sheets are held up as the hearse arrives in strict privacy at the request of the family. IMAGES
Flowers and candles are laid outside the secondary school in Viry-Chatillon, south of Paris. where 15-year-old French schoolboy Shemseddine was beaten up to death on Friday over a dispute involving the sister of two of his attackers. Four young people have been charged with murder over the killing that has heightened concern about violence in French schools. IMAGES
Zimbabwe's central bank launches a new currency backed by gold, as it seeks to tackle sky-high inflation and stabilise the country's long-floundering economy. The ZiG, short for Zimbabwe Gold, will replace the Zimbabwean dollar which has tumbled in value over the past year, pushing inflation through the roof, Reserve Bank governor John Mushayavanhu says. IMAGES
Police block a massive crowd of people hoping to enter Moscow's Borisovo cemetery where the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being laid to rest, with many in the throng chanting Navalny's name. Thousands of mourners have braved the risk of arrests to attend Navalny's funeral, which was held two weeks after President Vladimir Putin's top critic died in an Arctic prison. IMAGES
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