Don't be surprised if the bristling Indian streets erupt in anger against politicians in the new year.

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"I don't trust the SPDC and I fear armed conflict will erupt again, " she says, still using the acronym for the now defunct military junta, some of whose former leaders continue to wield influence.

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When Marriott International opened its 269-room hotel in Caracas, Venezuela, last July it couldn't have anticipated that that country's economic crisis would soon erupt into allout class war.

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