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India Relocates Staff In Myanmar Consulate Amid Security Concerns
India on Friday said it has relocated its staff from its consulate in Myanmarese city of Sittwe to Yangon in view of the precarious security situation in that region of Myanmar.
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Satellite Images Show Scale Of Damage In Myanmar In Wake Of Cyclone Mocha
Cyclone Mocha: Tens of thousands of people in Myanmar were cut off from contact after a deadly cyclone tore through the west of the country and neighbouring Bangladesh.
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Deep Depression Over Bay Of Bengal Intensifies Into Cyclonic Storm 'Mocha'
The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm -- Mocha -- overnight and it is likely to make landfall between Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh and Sittwe in Myanmar, officials said on Thursday morning.
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1st Cargo Ship To India-Funded Myanmar Port To Be Flagged Off Today
Myanamr's Sittwe Port, which is funded by India as part of the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport project, will be inaugurated Today.
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Sittwe Port That Connects Myanmar-Mizoram Ready For Operation: Minister
The Sittwe port, which will connect Paletwa town in Myanmar's Chin state to Mizoram, is developed and ready for operation. The port, at the mouth of Kaladan river, will provide an alternative route to India's landlocked northeastern states.
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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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Three Bombs Hit Capital Of Myanmar's Rakhine State
Three bombs exploded in different locations in Rakhine's state capital Sittwe early Saturday morning, including at the home of a high ranking official, Myanmar police told AFP.
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For Myanmar's Muslims, Little to Cheer About Historic Election
In a refugee camp outside Myanmar's provincial capital Sittwe, Soe Hlaing was holding a pink card, the most coveted of the rainbow of documents indicating citizenship status, which gives him a vote in Sunday's historic election.
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After cyclone Mahasen, Myanmar camps face monsoon threat
Myanmar's victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away.
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Boat carrying around 100 Rohingya Muslims sinks off Myanmar
A boat carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized off western Myanmar with many feared drowned at the start of a mass evacuation from low-lying regions ahead of Cyclone Mahasen, a UN official said on Tuesday.
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Fear, mistrust grip Myanmar's volatile Rakhine region
As security forces police the edgy aftermath of sectarian bloodshed in western Myanmar, fearful Buddhists and Muslims are arming themselves with homemade weapons, testing the government's resolve to prevent a new wave of violence.
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India Relocates Staff In Myanmar Consulate Amid Security Concerns
India on Friday said it has relocated its staff from its consulate in Myanmarese city of Sittwe to Yangon in view of the precarious security situation in that region of Myanmar.
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Satellite Images Show Scale Of Damage In Myanmar In Wake Of Cyclone Mocha
Cyclone Mocha: Tens of thousands of people in Myanmar were cut off from contact after a deadly cyclone tore through the west of the country and neighbouring Bangladesh.
-
Deep Depression Over Bay Of Bengal Intensifies Into Cyclonic Storm 'Mocha'
The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm -- Mocha -- overnight and it is likely to make landfall between Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh and Sittwe in Myanmar, officials said on Thursday morning.
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1st Cargo Ship To India-Funded Myanmar Port To Be Flagged Off Today
Myanamr's Sittwe Port, which is funded by India as part of the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport project, will be inaugurated Today.
-
Sittwe Port That Connects Myanmar-Mizoram Ready For Operation: Minister
The Sittwe port, which will connect Paletwa town in Myanmar's Chin state to Mizoram, is developed and ready for operation. The port, at the mouth of Kaladan river, will provide an alternative route to India's landlocked northeastern states.
-
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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Three Bombs Hit Capital Of Myanmar's Rakhine State
Three bombs exploded in different locations in Rakhine's state capital Sittwe early Saturday morning, including at the home of a high ranking official, Myanmar police told AFP.
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For Myanmar's Muslims, Little to Cheer About Historic Election
In a refugee camp outside Myanmar's provincial capital Sittwe, Soe Hlaing was holding a pink card, the most coveted of the rainbow of documents indicating citizenship status, which gives him a vote in Sunday's historic election.
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After cyclone Mahasen, Myanmar camps face monsoon threat
Myanmar's victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away.
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Boat carrying around 100 Rohingya Muslims sinks off Myanmar
A boat carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized off western Myanmar with many feared drowned at the start of a mass evacuation from low-lying regions ahead of Cyclone Mahasen, a UN official said on Tuesday.
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Fear, mistrust grip Myanmar's volatile Rakhine region
As security forces police the edgy aftermath of sectarian bloodshed in western Myanmar, fearful Buddhists and Muslims are arming themselves with homemade weapons, testing the government's resolve to prevent a new wave of violence.
