Bomb explosions reported in city
Two bombs exploded in Yangon, the largest city of military-ruled Myanmar, witnesses said, but no casualties were immediately reported.
The witnesses, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of official reprisal, said the first blast occurred on a downtown street and the second about an hour later on a different street near the luxurious Traders Hotel.
No further details were immediately available. The roads were blocked off by security forces and riot police.
Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been in a political stalemate since 1990, when Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won a general election but was not allowed to take power.
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