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Myanmar expected to announce new president within weeks

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A Myanmar official has said new presidential candidates will not be named until at least mid-March. Speculation persists over who will serve as proxy for the top party’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who is currently barred.

Brazil in full carnival swing despite spread of Zika virus

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More than a million revellers turn out in cities across the country for annual event, even as virus continues to dominate global headlines

One of the most significant health scares in recent history is not keeping Brazilians from their annual carnival revelry, with millions taking to the streets despite the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

Street processions, block parties and the televised, big-budget parades that are the hallmark of the festival moved into their second day on Sunday, even as Brazilian health officials continued to grapple with an outbreak that may have infected as many as 1.5 million people and could be linked to serious health conditions in more than 4,000 infants and unborn children.

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Cuomo Moves To Ban Homophobic “Conversion Therapy”

Cuomo Moves To Ban Homophobic "Conversion Therapy" Governor Cuomo has announced a series of new measures aimed at banning “conversion therapy,” a psychiatric pseudo-treatment that claims to change a homosexual patient’s sexual orientation, turning them straight. “Conversion therapy is a hateful and fundamentally flawed practice that is counter to everything this state stands for,” Cuomo said. “We will not allow the misguided and the intolerant to punish LGBT young people for simply being who they are.” [ more › ]

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Indian Point Groundwater Has “Alarming” Levels Of Radioactivity

Indian Point Groundwater Has "Alarming" Levels Of Radioactivity Groundwater at the Indian Point nuclear plant has tested for “alarming” levels of radioactive contamination, spurring Governor Cuomo to call for a new investigation. Three of the 40 monitoring wells at the power plant were found to be contaminated with tritium, yielding a 65,000 increase in radioactivity, according to a report by the plant’s owner, Entergy Corporation. Officials stress though that there is no significant risk to the public at large. [ more › ]

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Ban Ki-moon says woman at helm of UN would be ‘a great idea’

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As the race to choose a successor starts, a campaign for a female appointment grows with two women already put forward

Outgoing UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has lent his support to a growing campaign for the next head of the UN to be a woman.

He told the Observer it was a “great idea”, but was reluctant to be drawn on how realistic the prospect was in an organisation that has never been headed by a woman.

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