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En réalisant le putsch du 1er février, les généraux birmans, qui évoluent dans un monde clos fait d’entre-soi militaire, n’avaient pas prévu la formidable résistance que la population allait leur opposer.

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The Norwegian telecoms company Telenor said yesterday that it has agreed to the sale of its operations in Myanmar to the M1 Group, a Beirut-based investment firm, for $105 million.

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L’extraction des pierres précieuses profite toujours plus à la junte militaire au pouvoir depuis le coup d’État du 1er février. Pourtant, les joailliers de la planète continuent d’investir dans ces gemmes meurtrières.

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People who are sheltering at home use their phones to communicate with friends and loved ones, and a sense of worry has swept through the nation—the junta might be intercepting calls and text messages, and then matching that data to users’ locations.

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Telecommunications provider Telenor announced on Thursday that it had entered into an agreement to sell its Myanmar operations to the M1 Group for US$105m.

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Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor sold its operations in Myanmar for US$105 million to Lebanese investment group M1, the company announced in a statement online.

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Telenor built a highly successful business in Myanmar but now finds itself forced to shut down the internet and share user data with a regime intent on crushing all opposition.

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Norwegian telecoms operator Telenor has announced on Thursday the sale of its mobile operations in Myanmar to M1 Group, a Lebanese company, for $105 million.

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Foreign investors face difficult choices about operating in Myanmar after the February military coup, with few taking the route of leaving as has Norwegian telecoms group Telenor.

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Myanmar’s generals have amassed billions of dollars through a secretive business empire. Aye Min Thant tracks the growing movements to dismantle it.

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