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White elephant receives regal welcome in Myanmar (AP)

October 22nd, 2010

A member of the Guard of Honor toots as a new State Flag of Myanmar is hoisted outside the town hall Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, in Yangon, Myanmar. Military-ruled Myanmar has unveiled the new national flag - with three horizontal stripes of yellow, green and red with a big white star in the middle - Thursday, just two weeks before an election that the government calls a major step in a transition to democracy but critics say is a sham. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - Myanmar’s ruling junta staged a lavish welcoming ceremony for the country’s fifth white elephant captured in recent years as it arrived in the capital, state media reported Friday.


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