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A Rakhine villager says Myanmar troops shot his baby boy dead while they were returning to their village after fleeing fighting in December.
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The Bangladeshi army is building a $24.6-million fence along Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to ‘protect the Rohingya… aid workers and other Bangladeshi officials.’
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Burma
Activists and residents disagree about whether an Irrawaddy dolphin found dead in Mandalay Region this week was killed by electrofishing.
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A mine blast in Buthidaung Township, Rakhine State killed four children and injured six others on Tuesday. The Myanmar military has blamed the Arakan Army.
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At least 170 passengers on a Ukrainian airliner have been killed when the plane crashed after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport; Iran state TV says technical problems were
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An express bus carrying migrant workers to Thailand crashed into a car on the Asia Highway in Myawaddy and fell into a ravine on Friday morning.
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The Border Guard Bangladesh force is deploying missile systems and gunboats to St. Martin’s Island, just off the coast of Cox’s Bazar and Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
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Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Maruyama says the Myanmar military did not commit, or intend to commit, genocide in Rakhine State.
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In one of many suits against them, four performers from the Peacock Generation thangyat group have been sentenced to one year in prison for criticizing the military.
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Zau Bauk is a carpenter in Kutkai, Shan State. In late August, as the military fought with ethnic armed groups, a shell hit his home, killing his wife, son and daughter.
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Burma
The Union Parliament has seen heated exchanges about charter amendments between National League for Democracy and military-appointed members.
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Asia
Protesters in Hong Kong throw petrol bombs and set fires outside court buildings following otherwise peaceful march.
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Burma
The leader of Myanmar’s Catholics, Cardinal Charles Bo, has called on the international community not to punish the entire nation for crimes against the Rohingya.
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Arts
A four-day exhibition at the Secretariat is looking to address contemporary issues through art, poetry, film and discussions.
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Burma
The Kayah State government has appealed to increase the prison terms of six Karenni youth imprisoned for calling government officials political criminals and traitors.
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