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"If Assam Did Not Check Illegal Infiltrators From Bangladesh...": Biren Singh
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday said that the state on its eastern side has been facing illegal infiltration problems from Myanmar, adding an alert is also being maintained in the state's western as well as southern regions.
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In Bangladesh Camps, Rohingya Refugees Mobilise To Fight In Myanmar
One day in July, Rafiq slipped out of the world's largest refugee settlement in southern Bangladesh and crossed the border into Myanmar on a small boat. His destination: a ruinous civil war in a nation that he had fled in 2017.
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Tremors Felt In Northeast After 5.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Myanmar
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, the tremors of which were felt in parts of the northeast, including Manipur, Nagaland and southern Assam.
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Seven Rohingya Die In Detention Due To "Lack Of Food, Water": Report
Seven Rohingya people from a group of 65 seized by Myanmar authorities from a boat off the southern coast died of hunger, thirst and exposure, state media said today.
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Myanmar Seizes Boat Carrying 173 Rohingya Off South Coast: Official
Myanmar authorities detained 173 ethnic Rohingya aboard a boat off the southern coast, authorities said on Tuesday, amid signs that more members of the Muslim minority group are making perilous sea voyages to escape persecution.
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Bodies Of Mainly Women, Children, Found In Myanmar Plane Wreck
Search and rescue efforts for a plane that crashed off Myanmar's southern coast entered a third day on Friday, as hopes faded of finding survivors after 31 bodies were pulled from the water.
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Bodies, Debris Found In Search For Missing Myanmar Aircraft
Bodies and aircraft debris were found in the sea off the southern coast of Myanmar on Thursday by ships searching for a military plane that went missing with 122 soldiers, family members and crew on board.
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Debris Of Myanmar Plane With Over 100 On Board Found In Andaman Sea
A Myanmar military plane carrying 104 people went missing on Wednesday over the Andaman Sea, sparking an air and sea search.
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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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Fire Ruins 600 Houses In Myanmar
A fire destroyed 600 houses in Myanmar's southern Tanintharyi region, an official report said today.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Looks Set to Win Myanmar Election, But Problems Loom
When Aung San Suu Kyi's candidate emerges at a campaign rally in southern Myanmar, the crowd bursts into cheers and showers him with flowers, confident that the opposition will prevail this weekend after decades of struggle against military rulers.
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Myanmar Braces for More Flooding as International aid Flows in
International aid poured into Myanmar today following weeks of heavy monsoon flooding that aid agencies say is set to extend further across the low-lying southern delta region.
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Rohingya Huddled in Bangladesh Camps Fear Plan to Move Them On
More than 20 years after the first wave of Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar, fear is spreading through the sweltering camps of mud houses where they found shelter in southern Bangladesh that they will soon be on the move again.
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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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"If Assam Did Not Check Illegal Infiltrators From Bangladesh...": Biren Singh
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday said that the state on its eastern side has been facing illegal infiltration problems from Myanmar, adding an alert is also being maintained in the state's western as well as southern regions.
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In Bangladesh Camps, Rohingya Refugees Mobilise To Fight In Myanmar
One day in July, Rafiq slipped out of the world's largest refugee settlement in southern Bangladesh and crossed the border into Myanmar on a small boat. His destination: a ruinous civil war in a nation that he had fled in 2017.
-
Tremors Felt In Northeast After 5.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Myanmar
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, the tremors of which were felt in parts of the northeast, including Manipur, Nagaland and southern Assam.
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Seven Rohingya Die In Detention Due To "Lack Of Food, Water": Report
Seven Rohingya people from a group of 65 seized by Myanmar authorities from a boat off the southern coast died of hunger, thirst and exposure, state media said today.
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Myanmar Seizes Boat Carrying 173 Rohingya Off South Coast: Official
Myanmar authorities detained 173 ethnic Rohingya aboard a boat off the southern coast, authorities said on Tuesday, amid signs that more members of the Muslim minority group are making perilous sea voyages to escape persecution.
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Bodies Of Mainly Women, Children, Found In Myanmar Plane Wreck
Search and rescue efforts for a plane that crashed off Myanmar's southern coast entered a third day on Friday, as hopes faded of finding survivors after 31 bodies were pulled from the water.
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Bodies, Debris Found In Search For Missing Myanmar Aircraft
Bodies and aircraft debris were found in the sea off the southern coast of Myanmar on Thursday by ships searching for a military plane that went missing with 122 soldiers, family members and crew on board.
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Debris Of Myanmar Plane With Over 100 On Board Found In Andaman Sea
A Myanmar military plane carrying 104 people went missing on Wednesday over the Andaman Sea, sparking an air and sea search.
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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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Fire Ruins 600 Houses In Myanmar
A fire destroyed 600 houses in Myanmar's southern Tanintharyi region, an official report said today.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Looks Set to Win Myanmar Election, But Problems Loom
When Aung San Suu Kyi's candidate emerges at a campaign rally in southern Myanmar, the crowd bursts into cheers and showers him with flowers, confident that the opposition will prevail this weekend after decades of struggle against military rulers.
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Myanmar Braces for More Flooding as International aid Flows in
International aid poured into Myanmar today following weeks of heavy monsoon flooding that aid agencies say is set to extend further across the low-lying southern delta region.
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Rohingya Huddled in Bangladesh Camps Fear Plan to Move Them On
More than 20 years after the first wave of Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar, fear is spreading through the sweltering camps of mud houses where they found shelter in southern Bangladesh that they will soon be on the move again.
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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.
