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Over 100 Rohingya Stranded At Sea Near Andamans, Many Feared Dead: Report
At least 100 ethnic Rohingya are stranded in a boat off Andaman Islands and as many as 16-20 may have have died of thirst, hunger or drowned, said two Myanmar Rohingya activist groups.
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India To Deliver Kilo Class Submarine INS Sindhuvir To Myanmar Navy
India will be delivering a kilo class submarine INS Sindhuvir to Myanmar Navy and this will be the first submarine of the neighbouring country.
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Navy Chief Karambir Singh Meets Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh paid a courtesy call to Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday.
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Navy Chief Sunil Lanba Leaves On A 4-Day Visit To Myanmar
Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Monday left on a four-day visit to Myanmar during which he will hold talks with the top defence authorities there and seek to deepen bilateral military ties.
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Chinese Navy Ships Arrive In Myanmar For 5-Day Visit
Two Chinese navy ships have arrived in Myanmar's main city of Yangon for a five-day visit, state media said on Saturday, the latest move by Beijing to reinforce military ties with its strategically-located southern neighbour.
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Majority of 700 Migrants Found on Boat are Bangladeshi, Says Myanmar
Myanmar officials today said most of the 700 migrants found adrift on a boat in its waters a week ago identified themselves as Bangladeshi, after they were driven to a camp near the border.
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Myanmar Lands 700 Migrants, US Says Rohingya Should be Citizens
Myanmar brought ashore more than 700 "boat people" it had kept at sea for days aboard a seized vessel, as the United States today called on the country to help solve a migrant crisis by recognising the rights of its Muslim Rohingya minority.
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Myanmar Escorting Boat Crammed With Migrants to 'Safe' Area
Myanmar said a boat crammed with 727 migrants that it has kept stranded at sea for days was now being escorted to a "safe" area for identity checks and the United States said it believed those aboard would be allowed ashore in Myanmar this week.
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Migrant Boat Still Being Held Off Myanmar Coast: Government
More than 700 migrants found packed aboard an overcrowded boat in the Andaman Sea were still being held offshore by Myanmar's navy on Monday, more than three days after the converted fishing vessel was intercepted off the country's coast.
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Myanmar Navy Seizes Boat with 727 Migrants Off South Coast
Myanmar's navy seized a boat packed with 727 people off the country's southern coast on Friday, the government said, about a week after it found a similar boat it said carried around 200 Bangladeshi migrants.
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Myanmar Navy Carries Out First Rescue of Migrant Boat: Official
Myanmar's navy has carried out its first rescue of a migrant boat, bringing 208 people to shore, an official told AFP Friday, as it faced mounting international pressure to tackle a regional migration crisis.
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Malaysia Orders Rescue of Migrants, Myanmar to Attend Conference
Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Thursday he had ordered the navy to rescue thousands of migrants adrift at sea, as a Thai official said Myanmar had agreed to attend an emergency conference on the crisis.
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Malaysian PM Najib Razak Orders Rescue of Migrant Boats
Prime Minister Najib Razak said Thursday he had ordered the Malaysian navy and coastguard to conduct search and rescue operations for boats carrying stricken migrants including ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar.
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Could Consider Sale of DRDO Products to Friendly Countries: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
The government could consider possible sale of DRDO-developed products and systems like radars, missiles and torpedoes to friendly countries, the Parliament was told today.
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Bangladesh Rescues over 600 Trafficking Victims
More than 600 trafficking victims from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been rescued off the South Asian coast, a navy spokesman in Dhaka said on Tuesday, in the single biggest operation of its kind by Bangladesh authorities.
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Over 100 Rohingya Stranded At Sea Near Andamans, Many Feared Dead: Report
At least 100 ethnic Rohingya are stranded in a boat off Andaman Islands and as many as 16-20 may have have died of thirst, hunger or drowned, said two Myanmar Rohingya activist groups.
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India To Deliver Kilo Class Submarine INS Sindhuvir To Myanmar Navy
India will be delivering a kilo class submarine INS Sindhuvir to Myanmar Navy and this will be the first submarine of the neighbouring country.
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Navy Chief Karambir Singh Meets Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh paid a courtesy call to Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday.
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Navy Chief Sunil Lanba Leaves On A 4-Day Visit To Myanmar
Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Monday left on a four-day visit to Myanmar during which he will hold talks with the top defence authorities there and seek to deepen bilateral military ties.
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Chinese Navy Ships Arrive In Myanmar For 5-Day Visit
Two Chinese navy ships have arrived in Myanmar's main city of Yangon for a five-day visit, state media said on Saturday, the latest move by Beijing to reinforce military ties with its strategically-located southern neighbour.
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Majority of 700 Migrants Found on Boat are Bangladeshi, Says Myanmar
Myanmar officials today said most of the 700 migrants found adrift on a boat in its waters a week ago identified themselves as Bangladeshi, after they were driven to a camp near the border.
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Myanmar Lands 700 Migrants, US Says Rohingya Should be Citizens
Myanmar brought ashore more than 700 "boat people" it had kept at sea for days aboard a seized vessel, as the United States today called on the country to help solve a migrant crisis by recognising the rights of its Muslim Rohingya minority.
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Myanmar Escorting Boat Crammed With Migrants to 'Safe' Area
Myanmar said a boat crammed with 727 migrants that it has kept stranded at sea for days was now being escorted to a "safe" area for identity checks and the United States said it believed those aboard would be allowed ashore in Myanmar this week.
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Migrant Boat Still Being Held Off Myanmar Coast: Government
More than 700 migrants found packed aboard an overcrowded boat in the Andaman Sea were still being held offshore by Myanmar's navy on Monday, more than three days after the converted fishing vessel was intercepted off the country's coast.
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Myanmar Navy Seizes Boat with 727 Migrants Off South Coast
Myanmar's navy seized a boat packed with 727 people off the country's southern coast on Friday, the government said, about a week after it found a similar boat it said carried around 200 Bangladeshi migrants.
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Myanmar Navy Carries Out First Rescue of Migrant Boat: Official
Myanmar's navy has carried out its first rescue of a migrant boat, bringing 208 people to shore, an official told AFP Friday, as it faced mounting international pressure to tackle a regional migration crisis.
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Malaysia Orders Rescue of Migrants, Myanmar to Attend Conference
Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Thursday he had ordered the navy to rescue thousands of migrants adrift at sea, as a Thai official said Myanmar had agreed to attend an emergency conference on the crisis.
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Malaysian PM Najib Razak Orders Rescue of Migrant Boats
Prime Minister Najib Razak said Thursday he had ordered the Malaysian navy and coastguard to conduct search and rescue operations for boats carrying stricken migrants including ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar.
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Could Consider Sale of DRDO Products to Friendly Countries: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
The government could consider possible sale of DRDO-developed products and systems like radars, missiles and torpedoes to friendly countries, the Parliament was told today.
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Bangladesh Rescues over 600 Trafficking Victims
More than 600 trafficking victims from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been rescued off the South Asian coast, a navy spokesman in Dhaka said on Tuesday, in the single biggest operation of its kind by Bangladesh authorities.
