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The Solar Impulse 2 plane takes off for a trip around the world from Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 9, 2015. The trip will take the Solar Impulse 2 to Oman, India, Myanmar and China. The plane will then cross the Pacific to Hawaii and on to the US mainland. Following a flight across the Atlanic and over the Mediterranean region, the pilots are planning to return to the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Photo: Ali Haider/EPA 
Solar round-the-world flight takes off heading for Mandalay
The first attempt to fly around the world in a plane using solar energy took off on the morning of March 9 from Abu Dhabi, heading for India and then...
China's economy slowing. Workers at Hanwang Technology assembling electronic books in their factory near Beijing, China. Photo: Adrian Bradshaw/EPA
China lowers 2015 growth target to 'approximately 7%'
China lowered its 2015 economic growth target to "approximately seven percent" on March 5, as authorities seek a more sustainable path for the world'...
Australians Mr Andrew Chan (L) and Mr Myuran Sukumaran (R) inside a holding cell waiting for trial at a Denpasar District Court in Bali, Indonesia. Mr Chan, 31, and Mr Sukumaran, 34, are the only members of the so-called Bali Nine drug smuggling ring on death row for trying to smuggle 8.3 kilogrammes of heroin from the Indonesian resort island of Bali to Australia in 2005. Photo: Made Nagi/EPA
Australia floats prisoner swap to save Indonesia pair
Australia on March 5 suggested a prisoner swap with Indonesia in an 11th hour bid to save two drug smugglers facing execution, while voicing "deep...
Student column at Lepadan in Bago Region on March 4, 2015. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
Police coral student protesters
Myanmar riot police March 4 corralled dozens of student protesters calling for education reform after activists defied official orders to disband and...
Student protesters at Letpadan in Bago on March 4, 2015. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
Students defy order to disperse
Student protesters calling for education reform on March 3 defied an order to disperse in a tense stand-off with police near a monastery in central...
Worries over new and old narcotics. Farmers harvest opium poppies in Lone Twel village, Loilen Township, Southern Shan State, Myanmar, December 13, 2014. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA 
New drugs pose serious health risks says UN body
The United Nations drugs control body says it is concerned about the proliferation of new narcotics developed to circumvent existing ...
New Zealand citizen Philip Blackwood (C) is escorted by Myanmar policemen after his hearing at the court in Yangon, Myanmar, January 2, 2015. He and two Myanmar citizens, who ran a bar in Yangon, are accused of insulting Buddhism by using an image of the Buddha wearing DJ headphones on their flyer promoting a drinks event. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA 
NZ bar manager blamed in furor over Buddha image
The New Zealand bar manager facing jail in Myanmar over religious insult accusations was solely responsible for using a Buddha image in a...
A girl using her mobile phone on the roadside in Yangon, Myanmar, April 4, 2014.Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
Developing world drives cheap smartphone boom
Phone and Internet firms are rolling out cheaper handsets and may turn to hot-air balloons to boost network coverage in developing countries, where...
A long way to travel before Yangon's transport infrastructure gets a full upgrade. Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima
Car-choked Yangon aims to ride the rails to transport revolution
Trains chug around Yangon's circular railway at a stately pace barely faster than a brisk walk, but this creaking relic of colonial times is ...
Photographer Ko Aung Nay Myo. Photo: Aung Nay Myo/Facebook 
Photographer jailed for satirical Facebook post
A freelance photojournalist has been arrested in Myanmar for uploading a satirical post on Facebook mocking the military, relatives said on February...

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