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Protests In Myanmar's Rakhine State Opposing Rohingya Return
Protesters in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state demonstrated on Sunday against the planned repatriation of Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh, referring to them as "runaway refugees". About 100 people led by Buddhists monks marched through the state capital Sittwe holding red banners and chanting slogans.
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Myanmar Monk Returns To Preaching After Ban, Denies Fuelling Rakhine Violence
Myanmar Buddhist monk Wirathu said on Saturday his anti-Muslim rhetoric had nothing to do with violence in the western state of Rakhine, as he emerged from a one-year preaching ban.
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Pope Francis To Meet Top Buddhist Monks In Myanmar, Address Military
Pope Francis will meet Myanmar's top Buddhist monks, its military generals and Aung San Suu Kyi in November when he visits that country and Bangladesh, caught up in a crisis over Rohingya Muslim
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Myanmar Beauty Queen Dethroned 'After Posting Rohingya Video'
A Myanmar beauty queen says she was stripped of her pageant title after posting a graphic video accusing Muslim Rohingya militants of driving communal violence in Rakhine state, a conflict fraught with controversy in the mainly Buddhist country.
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Myanmar Protesters Try To Block Aid Shipment To Muslim Rohingya
Buddhist protesters in Myanmar threw petrol bombs to try to block a shipment of aid to Muslims in Rakhine state, where the United Nations has accused the military of ethnic cleansing, before police fired in the air to disperse them.
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'We Will Kill You All': Rohingya Villagers In Myanmar Beg For Safe Passage
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in violence-racked northwest Myanmar are pleading with authorities for safe passage from two remote villages that are cut off by hostile Buddhists and running short of food.
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Amid Rohingya Crisis, Myanmar Buddhists Under Scanner In Manipur
Manipur, which shares over 300 kilometres of border with Myanmar, has sounded a red alert to avert any attempt by the Rohingyas who are fleeing Rakhine to enter India. The red alert is so intensive that even Buddhists in Myanmar are under the scanner like never before.
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Ex-UN Chief Kofi Annan Faces Protests For Visit To Restive Myanmar State
Buddhist hardliners threatened today to stage protests against a visit by former UN chief Kofi Annan to Myanmar's strife-torn Rakhine state, where tens of thousands of stateless Rohingya Muslims languish in displacement camps.
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World Concerned About Rohingyas, Ban Ki-Moon Tells Myanmar
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Myanmar today that the world is very concerned about the tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who have been living for more than four years in camps in northern Rakhine state after fleeing violence from the Buddhist majority.
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UN Chief Praises Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, Regrets Not All Could Vote
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party on Thursday for a "landmark performance" in the country's first free election in 25 years.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Says Will Be Above President in New Government
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said today she would be "above the president" if her party wins a historic election on November 8, defying a constitutional ban on becoming head of state herself.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Calls for Unity in Divided Rakhine
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi called for unity in volatile Rakhine state today in an impassioned election rally, tackling head-on bitter religious divisions between Buddhists and Muslims that have shaken the former junta-run nation.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Takes Election Bid to Myanmar's Strife-Torn Rakhine
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi will campaign with a hundreds-strong security force in Rakhine state today, her opposition said, as she risks a rare brush with hostility by taking her election bid to the volatile region.
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Rising Rakhine Party Looming Threat to Myanmar's Muslim Minority
Myanmar's historic elections next month are likely to worsen the plight of the country's oppressed Rohingya Muslim community, with a new, hardline Buddhist party on the brink of becoming a formidable force.
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Anti-Migrant Protests Planned in Myanmar's Troubled Rakhine
Buddhist hardliners in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state are planning a day of protest against local authorities helping desperate boat migrants found adrift in the Bay of Bengal, organisers said today.
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Protests In Myanmar's Rakhine State Opposing Rohingya Return
Protesters in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state demonstrated on Sunday against the planned repatriation of Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh, referring to them as "runaway refugees". About 100 people led by Buddhists monks marched through the state capital Sittwe holding red banners and chanting slogans.
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Myanmar Monk Returns To Preaching After Ban, Denies Fuelling Rakhine Violence
Myanmar Buddhist monk Wirathu said on Saturday his anti-Muslim rhetoric had nothing to do with violence in the western state of Rakhine, as he emerged from a one-year preaching ban.
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Pope Francis To Meet Top Buddhist Monks In Myanmar, Address Military
Pope Francis will meet Myanmar's top Buddhist monks, its military generals and Aung San Suu Kyi in November when he visits that country and Bangladesh, caught up in a crisis over Rohingya Muslim
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Myanmar Beauty Queen Dethroned 'After Posting Rohingya Video'
A Myanmar beauty queen says she was stripped of her pageant title after posting a graphic video accusing Muslim Rohingya militants of driving communal violence in Rakhine state, a conflict fraught with controversy in the mainly Buddhist country.
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Myanmar Protesters Try To Block Aid Shipment To Muslim Rohingya
Buddhist protesters in Myanmar threw petrol bombs to try to block a shipment of aid to Muslims in Rakhine state, where the United Nations has accused the military of ethnic cleansing, before police fired in the air to disperse them.
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'We Will Kill You All': Rohingya Villagers In Myanmar Beg For Safe Passage
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in violence-racked northwest Myanmar are pleading with authorities for safe passage from two remote villages that are cut off by hostile Buddhists and running short of food.
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Amid Rohingya Crisis, Myanmar Buddhists Under Scanner In Manipur
Manipur, which shares over 300 kilometres of border with Myanmar, has sounded a red alert to avert any attempt by the Rohingyas who are fleeing Rakhine to enter India. The red alert is so intensive that even Buddhists in Myanmar are under the scanner like never before.
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Ex-UN Chief Kofi Annan Faces Protests For Visit To Restive Myanmar State
Buddhist hardliners threatened today to stage protests against a visit by former UN chief Kofi Annan to Myanmar's strife-torn Rakhine state, where tens of thousands of stateless Rohingya Muslims languish in displacement camps.
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World Concerned About Rohingyas, Ban Ki-Moon Tells Myanmar
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Myanmar today that the world is very concerned about the tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who have been living for more than four years in camps in northern Rakhine state after fleeing violence from the Buddhist majority.
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UN Chief Praises Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, Regrets Not All Could Vote
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party on Thursday for a "landmark performance" in the country's first free election in 25 years.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Says Will Be Above President in New Government
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said today she would be "above the president" if her party wins a historic election on November 8, defying a constitutional ban on becoming head of state herself.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Calls for Unity in Divided Rakhine
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi called for unity in volatile Rakhine state today in an impassioned election rally, tackling head-on bitter religious divisions between Buddhists and Muslims that have shaken the former junta-run nation.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Takes Election Bid to Myanmar's Strife-Torn Rakhine
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi will campaign with a hundreds-strong security force in Rakhine state today, her opposition said, as she risks a rare brush with hostility by taking her election bid to the volatile region.
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Rising Rakhine Party Looming Threat to Myanmar's Muslim Minority
Myanmar's historic elections next month are likely to worsen the plight of the country's oppressed Rohingya Muslim community, with a new, hardline Buddhist party on the brink of becoming a formidable force.
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Anti-Migrant Protests Planned in Myanmar's Troubled Rakhine
Buddhist hardliners in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state are planning a day of protest against local authorities helping desperate boat migrants found adrift in the Bay of Bengal, organisers said today.
