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Paul Reuter

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German-born British entrepreneur who was a pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting.

Portrait of Reuter in 1869 at age 53, by Rudolf Lehmann

He was a reporter and media owner, and the founder of Reuters news agency, which became part of the Thomson Reuters conglomerate in 2008.

August Julius Clemens Herbert Reuter, 2nd Baron de Reuter (10 March 1852 – 18 April 1915) was a British business man in London who spent most of his adult life working for his father's news agency, Reuters, of which he was general manager for 37 years, from 1878 until his death.

Roderick Jones (journalist)

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Sir George Roderick Jones (21 October 1877 – 23 January 1962) was a British journalist and news agency manager, who for most of his career worked for Reuters.

News agency

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Organization that gathers news reports and sells them to subscribing news organizations, such as newspapers, magazines and radio and television broadcasters.

Although there are many news agencies around the world, three global news agencies, Agence France-Presse (AFP), the Associated Press (AP), and Reuters have offices in most countries of the world, cover all areas of information, and provide the majority of international news printed by the world's newspapers.

Homing pigeon

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Variety of domestic pigeons derived from the wild rock dove, selectively bred for its ability to find its way home over extremely long distances.

A modern day racing pigeon wearing an electronic timing ring

A B-type bus from London converted into a pigeon loft for use in northern France and Belgium during the First World War

Dispatching of a message by carrier pigeon within the Swiss Army during World War I

Crewman with homing pigeons carried in bombers as a means of communications in the event of a crash, ditching, or radio failure

In 1860, Paul Reuter, who later founded Reuters press agency, used a fleet of over 45 pigeons to deliver news and stock prices between Brussels and Aachen, the terminus of early telegraph lines.

Marguerite, Baroness de Reuter

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Marguerite, Baroness de Reuter (14 July 1912 – 25 January 2009) was a European aristocrat and the last surviving member of the family that founded the Reuters news service.

Namir Noor-Eldeen

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Namir Noor-Eldeen (نمير نورالدين; September 1, 1984 – July 12, 2007) was an Iraqi war photographer for Reuters.

Saeed Chmagh

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Saeed Chmagh (سعيد شماغ) (January 1, 1967 – July 12, 2007) was an Iraqi employed by Reuters news agency as a driver and camera assistant.

Myanmar

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Country in Southeast Asia.

Pyu city-states, c. 8th century; Pagan is shown for comparison only and is not contemporary.

Pagodas and kyaungs in present-day Bagan, the capital of the Pagan Kingdom

A British 1825 lithograph of Shwedagon Pagoda shows British occupation during the First Anglo-Burmese War.

The landing of British forces in Mandalay after the last of the Anglo-Burmese Wars, which resulted in the abdication of the last Burmese monarch, King Thibaw Min

British troops firing a mortar on the Mawchi road, July 1944

British governor Hubert Elvin Rance and Sao Shwe Thaik at the flag-raising ceremony on 4 January 1948 (Independence Day of Burma)

Protesters gathering in central Rangoon, 1988.

Protesters in Yangon during the 2007 Saffron Revolution with a banner that reads non-violence: national movement in Burmese. In the background is Shwedagon Pagoda.

Cyclone Nargis in southern Myanmar, May 2008.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with Aung San Suu Kyi and her staff at her home in Yangon, 2012

Map of Myanmar and its divisions, including Shan State, Kachin State, Rakhine State and Karen State.

Protesters against the military coup in Myanmar

Myanmar map of Köppen climate classification.

Assembly of the Union (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw)

Myanmar President Thein Sein meets US President Barack Obama in Yangon, 2012

The former Secretary-General of the United Nations, U Thant (1961–1971)

A Myanmar Air Force Mikoyan MiG-29 multirole fighter

Map of conflict zones in Myanmar. States and regions affected by fighting during and after 1995 are highlighted in yellow.

Mae La camp, Tak, Thailand, one of the largest of nine UNHCR camps in Thailand

A proportional representation of Myanmar exports, 2019

The trains are relatively slow in Myanmar. The railway trip from Bagan to Mandalay takes about 7.5 hours (179 km).

Rice is Myanmar's largest agricultural product.

A block of apartments in downtown Yangon, facing Bogyoke Market. Much of Yangon's urban population resides in densely populated flats.

Praying Buddhist monks in Shwedagon Pagoda

Students on their way to school, Kalaymyo, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

A Buddhist Shinbyu ceremony in Mandalay.

An Arakan (Rakhine) girl pours water at revellers during the Burmese New Year Thingyan Water Festival in Yangon.

Kayan women in a village near Inle Lake, 2010

Most English-speaking international news media refer to the country by the name Myanmar, including the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, Reuters, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)/Radio Australia.