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20 student leaders arrested in Myanmar: activist

At least 20 student leaders were detained in Myanmar Saturday, ahead of a rally to commemorate a 1962 suppression of a student movement, an activist said, in the biggest crackdown of its kind since the dissolution of the junta. The detentions raise questions about the true extent of Myanmar’s reforms.