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Small Blasts Hit Rakhine Town as Myanmar's Suu Kyi Visits

Agence France-Presse

   YANGON, MYANMAR - Three small explosions went off in a southern Rakhine
   town in Myanmar Thursday just before civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi
   landed there in a rare visit to the conflict-ridden state, a local
   official said.

   The blasts happened in the normally quiet town of Manaung on an island
   off Myanmar's western coast where Suu Kyi was due to open a solar power
   plant.

   "There were three explosions, but no casualties," Win Myint,
   spokesperson for Rakhine's regional government, told AFP.
   

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