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Myanmar's military takes power in coup

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military staged a coup yesterday and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi - a sharp reversal of the significant, if uneven, progress towards democracy the Southeast Asian nation has made following five decades of military rule.

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