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Urgent: U Htin Kyaw of ruling party elected as president of Myanmar

Xinhua, March 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

U Htin Kyaw of Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, won the presidential election Tuesday with the highest number of votes through secret voting, becoming the country's new president for the next five-year term. Endit