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Thousands Seek To Flee Myanmar As Junta Plans Mandatory Military Service
More than 1,000 people lined up at the Thai embassy in Yangon on Friday as young people sought to leave Myanmar after the junta said it would impose military service.
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Thousands Flee As Powerful Cyclone Mocha Approaches Myanmar, Bangladesh
Thousands fled Myanmar's west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate Rohingya refugees on Saturday as the most powerful cyclone in the region for over a decade churned across the Bay of Bengal.
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Bangladesh Arrests Suspected Terrorist Near Rohingya Camps In Ukhia
Bangladesh police Sunday arrested a suspected terrorist from the border district of Ukhia, near camps where thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing a military crackdown in Myanmar have taken shelter.
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Draft UN Resolution Pressures Myanmar Over Rohingya Crisis
The UN Security Council is weighing a draft resolution that would pressure Myanmar to address the violence that has driven hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee, according to the text obtained by AFP on Wednesday.
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Fresh Fires, Bomb Blast In Myanmar's Rakhine: Government
Twenty homes caught fire and a bomb was detonated near a mosque in Myanmar's Rakhine state, the government said Friday, the latest unrest in a region that has seen hundreds of thousands of Rohinyga Muslims flee in under a month.
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'Congress Mistake,' Says Kiren Rijiju, Chakma Refugees To Become Citizens
Describing them as a security threat, India has said it wants to deport nearly 40,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled the violence in Myanmar, but today, Home Minister Rajnath Singh led a large meeting to decide whether to grant citizenship to tens of thousands of Chakma refugees who are Buddhists based mainly in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Bangladesh Offers Land To Shelter Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar
Bangladesh has agreed to free land for a new camp to shelter some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled recent violence in Myanmar, an official said on Monday.
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In Battle Against Rohingya Insurgents, India Asks Myanmar To Focus On Welfare Of Civilian Population As Well
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Myanmar visit that focused on boosting security and economic ties, India on Saturday expressed its "deep concern" about the situation in Rakhine State where security forces have been engaged in a bloody battle against Rohingya insurgents, forcing thousands of people to flee neighbouring Bangladesh and India...
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Share Concern About 'Extremist Violence', PM Modi Tells Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India shares Myanmar's concern about "extremist violence" in its Rakhine state where security forces have been engaged in a bloody battle against Rohingya insurgents, forcing thousands of people to flee neighbouring Bangladesh and India.
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'They Raped Us One By One,' Says Rohingya Woman Who Fled Myanmar
The brutal gang-rape that Habiba and her sister endured is a story that is becoming depressingly familiar among the thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing to Bangladesh to escape the violence of Myanmar's soldiers.
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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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Thousands Flee Fighting In Myanmar's Shan State
Thousands of civilians have fled their homes in north-eastern Myanmar after a recent upswing in fighting between ethnic minority rebels and the army, combatants and witnesses said today.
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Myanmar Acknowledges 'Concern' Over Migrant Exodus
Myanmar today acknowledged international "concerns" about waves of boatpeople, many of whom are fleeing from persecution, but denied it is solely to blame as thousands languish in dire straits at sea.
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Malaysia Seeks Myanmar Help on Migrant 'Catastrophe'
Malaysia's prime minister said on Saturday he would seek help from Myanmar to address the unfolding "humanitarian catastrophe" involving a wave of people fleeing on boats to Southeast Asia, thousands of whom are ethnic Rohingya escaping oppression in the mainly Buddhist country.
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Malaysia Seeks Myanmar's Help on Migrant 'Catastrophe'
Malaysia's prime minister said today that he would seek help from Myanmar to address the unfolding "humanitarian catastrophe" involving a wave of boatpeople flooding to Southeast Asia, thousands of whom are ethnic Rohingya fleeing oppression in the mainly Buddhist country.
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Thousands Seek To Flee Myanmar As Junta Plans Mandatory Military Service
More than 1,000 people lined up at the Thai embassy in Yangon on Friday as young people sought to leave Myanmar after the junta said it would impose military service.
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Thousands Flee As Powerful Cyclone Mocha Approaches Myanmar, Bangladesh
Thousands fled Myanmar's west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate Rohingya refugees on Saturday as the most powerful cyclone in the region for over a decade churned across the Bay of Bengal.
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Bangladesh Arrests Suspected Terrorist Near Rohingya Camps In Ukhia
Bangladesh police Sunday arrested a suspected terrorist from the border district of Ukhia, near camps where thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing a military crackdown in Myanmar have taken shelter.
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Draft UN Resolution Pressures Myanmar Over Rohingya Crisis
The UN Security Council is weighing a draft resolution that would pressure Myanmar to address the violence that has driven hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee, according to the text obtained by AFP on Wednesday.
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Fresh Fires, Bomb Blast In Myanmar's Rakhine: Government
Twenty homes caught fire and a bomb was detonated near a mosque in Myanmar's Rakhine state, the government said Friday, the latest unrest in a region that has seen hundreds of thousands of Rohinyga Muslims flee in under a month.
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'Congress Mistake,' Says Kiren Rijiju, Chakma Refugees To Become Citizens
Describing them as a security threat, India has said it wants to deport nearly 40,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled the violence in Myanmar, but today, Home Minister Rajnath Singh led a large meeting to decide whether to grant citizenship to tens of thousands of Chakma refugees who are Buddhists based mainly in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Bangladesh Offers Land To Shelter Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar
Bangladesh has agreed to free land for a new camp to shelter some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled recent violence in Myanmar, an official said on Monday.
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In Battle Against Rohingya Insurgents, India Asks Myanmar To Focus On Welfare Of Civilian Population As Well
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Myanmar visit that focused on boosting security and economic ties, India on Saturday expressed its "deep concern" about the situation in Rakhine State where security forces have been engaged in a bloody battle against Rohingya insurgents, forcing thousands of people to flee neighbouring Bangladesh and India...
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Share Concern About 'Extremist Violence', PM Modi Tells Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India shares Myanmar's concern about "extremist violence" in its Rakhine state where security forces have been engaged in a bloody battle against Rohingya insurgents, forcing thousands of people to flee neighbouring Bangladesh and India.
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'They Raped Us One By One,' Says Rohingya Woman Who Fled Myanmar
The brutal gang-rape that Habiba and her sister endured is a story that is becoming depressingly familiar among the thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing to Bangladesh to escape the violence of Myanmar's soldiers.
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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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Thousands Flee Fighting In Myanmar's Shan State
Thousands of civilians have fled their homes in north-eastern Myanmar after a recent upswing in fighting between ethnic minority rebels and the army, combatants and witnesses said today.
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Myanmar Acknowledges 'Concern' Over Migrant Exodus
Myanmar today acknowledged international "concerns" about waves of boatpeople, many of whom are fleeing from persecution, but denied it is solely to blame as thousands languish in dire straits at sea.
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Malaysia Seeks Myanmar Help on Migrant 'Catastrophe'
Malaysia's prime minister said on Saturday he would seek help from Myanmar to address the unfolding "humanitarian catastrophe" involving a wave of people fleeing on boats to Southeast Asia, thousands of whom are ethnic Rohingya escaping oppression in the mainly Buddhist country.
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Malaysia Seeks Myanmar's Help on Migrant 'Catastrophe'
Malaysia's prime minister said today that he would seek help from Myanmar to address the unfolding "humanitarian catastrophe" involving a wave of boatpeople flooding to Southeast Asia, thousands of whom are ethnic Rohingya fleeing oppression in the mainly Buddhist country.
