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Cyclone Mahasen buffets Bangladesh coast, six dead
ReutersCHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Cyclone Mahasen buffeted Bangladesh's low-lying coast on Thursday, killing six people after forcing many thousands into emergency shelters, but authorities downgraded warnings later in the day as the storm lost strength....Tags: Weather, Bangladesh, India, Nabi, Weather Warnings
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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: Thein Sein, Bangladesh, Religion and Belief, Islam, Weather Warnings
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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: Human Rights Watch, Thein Sein, Career and Workplace, Political Systems, Minority Groups
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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: Religion and Belief, Islam, Kaman Corporation, Tropical Storms, Religious Conflicts
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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: Bangkok (Thailand), Bangladesh, Weather Warnings, Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. Navy
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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: Human Rights Watch, Politics, Bangladesh, Religion and Belief, Islam
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights Watch, Thein Sein, Family Planning, Civil Rights
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Dalai Lama packs UM Comcast Center for address on compassion
He pulled on a Terps visor, to the crowd's delight. He rubbed noses with Gov. Martin O'Malley. And the Dalai Lama was met Tuesday with rounds of applause from a crowd of 15,000 at the University of Maryland, College Park's Comcast Center. "Sit down,"...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Teachers, University of Maryland, College Park, Human Interest, Jimmy Carter
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CT.com Interview: Roshi Bernie Glassman
For many Western Buddhists, practice doesn’t end with what happens on the floor. They’re out in the community, volunteering at area shelters, teaching meditation to prison inmates or organizing food and clothing drives. The social piece wasn&...
Tags: Physiology, Dalai Lama, Religion and Belief, Judaism, The New York Times
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Muslims in Myanmar barricade village as attacks spread
ReutersBy Jared Ferrie WIN KITE, Myanmar, May 3 (Reuters) - Three Muslim men peered over a bamboo fence built recently to fortify their village in central Myanmar. They gazed across dry rice paddies towards a nearby Buddhist community, looking for rising dust,...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Police Arrests, Religion and Belief, Islam, Religious Conflicts
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Career and Workplace, Customs and Tradition, Wars and Interventions, Interreligious Dialogue
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Myanmar forces restore order after latest anti-Muslim violence
ReutersBy Jared Ferrie KYAW BOI LAY, Myanmar, May 1 (Reuters) - Hundreds of police and troops restored order in central Myanmar on Wednesday after a fresh outbreak of sectarian violence in which one man was killed after Buddhist mobs trashed property owned by...Tags: Television Industry, Religion and Belief, Prosecution, Illegal Immigrants, Religious Conflicts
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