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World - / Aug 22, 2026 - Myanmar military strike on Buddhist monastery kills 14, including three women - Fourteen people, including three women, were killed and 20 others injured when Myanmar's military carried out an air strike on a Buddhist monastery in the central Sagaing region, an opposition group and a villager said. The victims were attending a

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