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Malaysia detains more than 900 Mynamar nationals after v...
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 13 days ago
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Malaysian police said Thursday they had detained more than 900 Myanmar nationals in a security sweep after at least two were killed last week in clashes believed to be linked to sectarian violence back home. The two dead were likely Myanmar
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Rohingyas killed in Burma shooting
Lashio :: Myanmar | 14 days ago
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At least three women from the Rohingya minority were killed when police fired on protesters in Burma's Rakhine state...Last year Rakhine saw clashes between Buddhist and Muslim communities that left almost 200 people dead. Tens of thousands of
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3 Rohingya killed in clash with Myanmar police
Yangon :: Myanmar | 14 days ago
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Myanmar (AP) Several women villagers from Myanmar's Rohingya minority have been shot dead in a confrontation with security officials, police and activists said Wednesday. A police officer in Mrauk-U township in western Rakhine state said Wednesday
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Misery mounts for Myanmar?s marginalized Rohingya Muslims
Arakan :: Myanmar | 15 days ago
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Ramzy Baroud Wednesday 5 June 2013 Last Update 4 June 2013 7:59 pm ON April 21, the BBC obtained disturbing video footage shot in Myanmar. It confirmed extreme reports of what has been taking place in that country, even as it is being touted by the
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More than 1,000 killed in Iraq violence in May
Baghdad :: Iraq | 18 days ago
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More than 1,000 people were killed in violence in Iraq in May, making it the deadliest month since the sectarian slaughter of 2006-07, the United Nations reported on Saturday, raising fears of a return to civil war. "That is a sad record," Martin
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Violence against Myanmar Muslims has many causes
Lashio :: Myanmar | 19 days ago
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Myanmar (AP) When a huge mob of Buddhist thugs crawled on the roof of Ma Sansar Soe's shop, doused it with gasoline and set it ablaze, the Buddhist businesswoman didn't blame them for burning it to the ground despite seeing it happen with her own
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Rights advocates urge caution on lifting sanctions after violence in Myanmar
Washington :: DC :: USA | 19 days ago
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Human rights groups are growing increasingly concerned over escalating violence in Myanmar after Buddhist mobs, including monks, took to the streets this week, burning mosques and schools and killing a Muslim man before finally being disbanded by
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Troops patrol Myanmar...
Lashio :: Myanmar | 19 days ago
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Hundreds of Muslim families sheltered in a heavily guarded Buddhist monastery yesterday after two days of violence in the northern Myanmar city of Lashio left Muslim properties in ruins and raised alarm over a widening religious conflict. About 1,200
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U.N. official: Iraq mayhem 'ready to explode'
Baghdad :: Iraq | 20 days ago
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And violence wasn't limited to Iraq's capital -- Anbar province's governor escaped the latest apparent attempt to assassinate him when bombs exploded Thursday near his convoy in Ramadi and injured four of his bodyguards, police said. In Baghdad, a
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More than 1,000 Fearful Myanmar Muslims shelter in monastery
More than 1,000 Muslims who fled Myanmar's latest bout of sectarian violence huddled Thursday in a Buddhist monastery guarded by army soldiers as calm returned to this northeastern city, though burnt out buildings leveled by Buddhist
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