Myanmar military intensified air attacks and abuses before election, UN investigators say

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Myanmar military intensified air attacks and abuses before election, UN investigators say

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UN investigators report Myanmar's military increased air strikes on civilians ahead of the December and January election. Various parties in Myanmar's civil war are accused of war crimes and serious abuses including torture and sexual violence over the past year.

GENEVA, Aug 11 - Myanmar's military stepped up aerial attacks on civilians before an election held last December and January, and all sides in the country's civil war committed war crimes and serious abuses including torture and sexual violence in the past year, U.N. investigators said on Tuesday.

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