Among the headlines for Thursday, police in Myanmar broke up demonstrations in several places with tear gas and gunfire on Thursday but there was no immediate word on casualties a day after the United Nations said 38 people had been killed in the bloodiest day since last month's coup.

Also, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) through JENDELA is in the process of taking proactive steps to resolve problems of Internet access in several locations in the country.

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