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NATO and EU member Slovakia (pop: 5.5 million) went to the polls on Saturday to choose the country’s fifth prime minister in four years, following years of fragile coalition governments.

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Opposition forces control around 60% of Myanmar’s territory, according to the acting leader of Myanmar’s government-in-exile, Duwa Lashi La.

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