Myanmar's Parliament Moves Up Date for Election of New President

Myanmar's parliament will announce its nominees for the country's next president on March 10, a week earlier than planned.  The new date, which was announced Tuesday by Win Khaing Than, the speaker of Myanmar's upper house of parliament, suggests democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not reach a deal with the military to remove the constitutional ban on those with foreign-born spouses or children from becoming president.  The Nobel laureate's late husband was...

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