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In Myanmar, the people showed rebelliousness

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  The military dictatorship (junta) in Myanmar has completed a year, but the anger against it among the people still persists. On Tuesday, a silent strike was called across the country in protest. There was silence across Myanmar for six hours. During this time, people stayed inside their homes and shops in the markets remained closed. The people also recorded the public meeting in silence. The military junta is resorting to various tactics to suppress the voice of democracy, but has not yet been able to achieve complete success. In Myanmar, 1,500 civilians have been killed for opposing the dictatorship, including 290 in military custody. At the same time, 11,838 opponents were detained and 4 lakh people have been forced to flee. The military said not to close the market. The military junta had distributed pamphlets warning people not to take part in the silent strike, many have also been arrested. The arrested persons have been booked on terrorism charges. But people, especially t...

US tells its athletes not to take regular mobile phones to China, use makeshift burner phones

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  The Winter Olympics will begin in China's capital Beijing from Friday, February 4. Many Western countries, including the US, have made diplomatic boycotts of the games. Now the US has taken another step to protect athletes. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has asked American athletes not to take their regular mobile phones to China, but to use prepaid burner phones instead. Burner phone means mobile phones that are cheap and makeshift. They can be destroyed after use. The term 'burner phone' was used for the first time in HBO's drama series in 2002. Burner term can be considered as use and throw. What's the danger, after all? The U.S. and many countries around the world think that the safety features of their athletes' phones can be targeted through a bug. This kind of thing is common in China. He has been doing the same to his citizens. To avoid this, the FBI has issued strict orders to American athletes to leave their iPhones or smartphones at home....