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Myanmar military rulers extend state of emergency by six months

General Min Aung Hlaing seized power in a coup on February 1, 2021 [File: AP]

Two years after seizing power in a coup, Myanmar’s military leaders have extended the country’s state of emergency for another six months.

The move on Wednesday would probably delay elections that the generals had said would be held by August.

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