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Myanmar authorities work to evacuate camps as cyclone nears
ReutersBy Jared Ferrie SITTWE, Myanmar, May 15 (Reuters) - Authorities in Myanmar struggled on Wednesday to evacuate tens of thousands of people, most of them Rohingya Muslims, before a cyclone reaches camps in low-lying regions that have been their home...Tags: United Nations, Religion and Belief, Thein Sein, Islam, Buddhism
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Two killed in Myanmar clash near China pipeline
ReutersYANGON (Reuters) - Ethnic minority guerrillas in Myanmar attacked an energy company's compound killing two people and wounding three, media reported on Wednesday, the latest incident threatening to delay the opening of pipelines taking oil and gas to...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, China, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources
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Special Report - In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims
ReutersSITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents wedged a stick between his teeth to stop him from biting off his tongue. Swift treatment...Tags: Southeast Asia, Asia, Minority Groups, Corporate Crime, Political Systems
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Rohingya Muslims drown off Myanmar trying to flee storm
ReutersSITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - A boat carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized off western Myanmar and many were feared drowned at the beginning of a mass evacuation from low-lying regions ahead of a powerful storm, a United Nations official said on...Tags: Weather Warnings, Religious Conflicts, U.S. Navy, Heavy Engineering, Religion and Belief
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Boat capsizes off Myanmar; dozens missing and feared dead
NEW DELHI – A boat carrying approximately 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized late Monday off the coast of Myanmar with many of its occupants feared dead, UN officials said, as the region braced for a cyclone expected to slam low-lying areas inhabited...
Tags: Religion and Belief, United Nations, Islam, Buddhism, Politics
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Cyclone kills 7 in Sri Lanka; thousands displaced
ReutersCOLOMBO (Reuters) - A cyclone caused by a tropical depression in the Bay of Bengal killed at least seven people in Sri Lanka, government officials said on Tuesday. Cyclone Mahasen, which brought heavy rains and landslides to Sri Lanka, was expected to...Tags: United Nations, Sri Lanka
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Boat capsizes off Myanmar; dozens feared dead
NEW DELHI — At least 58 people were missing and feared dead Tuesday after a boat capsized off Myanmar while residents tried to flee an approaching cyclone, United Nations officials said. The boat was carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims, many of...Tags: United Nations, Religion and Belief, Islam, Buddhism, Kaman Corporation
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Boat carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims sinks off Myanmar
ReutersSITTWE, Myanmar, May 14 (Reuters) - A boat carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized off western Myanmar while evacuating people ahead of a coming storm and an unknown number of people are missing, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday. The boat... -
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ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON - Britain's ruling Conservatives will unveil a draft bill on Tuesday that could make Prime Minister David Cameron's promise of a referendum on Britain's European Union membership legally binding. - - - - WASHINGTON -...Tags: Gap Inc., Caracas (Venezuela), Nawaz Sharif, Government, National Government
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In Thailand, a resort for the greater good
MAE WANG, Thailand — As we sat together on a long, narrow raft of bamboo, Alexa Pham dipped her hand into the quickly moving river. "It's the really simple things," she said with a long breath, "that make it beautiful here in Mae Wang." Two wiry...
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Myanmar panel proposes measures to ease ethnic tensions
NEW DELHI, India -- Ever since Myanmar opened to the West, released political prisoners and allowed the opposition led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to run for office, it has been dogged by tensions among its many ethnic and religious minorities....
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Family Planning, Minority Groups, Immigration, Human Rights Watch
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Myanmar should deploy more troops in volatile state -commission
ReutersBy Aung Hla Tun and Jared Ferrie YANGON, April 29 (Reuters) - Myanmar must urgently address the plight of Muslims displaced by sectarian bloodshed in western Rakhine State and double the number of security forces to control the still-volatile region,...Tags: Immigration, Career and Workplace, Human Rights, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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