Britain
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"I don't think she would consider these elections to be meaningful in any way," her son Kim Aris said from his home in Britain.
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Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, won its independence in 1948 as Britain dissolved its empire after World War II.
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But she continued to advocate for freedom in Hong Kong from her new home in Britain as a staffer at the Hong Kong Democracy Council, an American nonprofit.
Mr. Dreisbach notes the powerful importance of the Exodus story of providential liberation and deliverance as the model for Americans’ rebellion against Britain’s pharaonic royalty.
"Singer/songwriter and guitarist Chris Rea passed away earlier today in hospital following a short illness," the family statement said, according to Britain's Press Association news agency.
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