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Myanmar security forces 'setting northern Rakhine ablaze'
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2017
» YANGON: The rights group Amnesty International said evidence pointing to a "mass-scale scorched-earth campaign" across the north of Rakhine state was unmistakably ethnic cleansing, while Myanmar insisted on Friday it was not barring aid workers from Rakhine State, where a counter-insurgency campaign has sparked an exodus of Muslim Rohingya refugees -- although authorities on the ground might restrict access 'for security reasons'.
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Nobel laureates to Suu Kyi: End genocide or face prosecution
Reuters, Published on 28/02/2018
» DHAKA: Three Nobel peace laureates urged Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the military on Wednesday to end the "genocide" of Rohingya Muslims now or face prosecution.
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Scandal-hit Dhammakaya temple helps stage Myanmar event
Reuters, Published on 21/01/2018
» MANDALAY: Thousands of Buddhist monks gathered in Myanmar's second largest city on Sunday for an event partly organised by the scandal-hit Dhammakaya temple whose abbot is wanted for questioning on money-laundering allegations.
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Indonesian fishermen rescue dozens of Rohingya after boat capsizes
Reuters, Published on 20/03/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesian fishermen were scrambling on Wednesday to rescue dozens of Rohingya after high tides capsized their boat in waters off the province of Aceh, a regional fishing chief said.
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Bangladesh building fire kills 45, injures dozens
Reuters, Published on 01/03/2024
» DHAKA - A massive fire in Bangladesh that raced through a six-storey building home to restaurants where many families with children were dining has killed at least 45 people and injured dozens, the health minister said on Friday.
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India rice rates extend rally on low supplies; Thai prices ease
Reuters, Published on 02/02/2024
» BENGALURU - Parboiled rice export prices from India extended their record rally this week, driven by tight supplies and firm demand due to higher prices in other hubs, while Thai rates slipped as new supply from fresh harvests trickled in.
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Over 100 Myanmar migrants flee Malaysian detention centre, 1 dead
Reuters, Published on 02/02/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - An undocumented migrant from Myanmar has died in a road accident while fleeing an immigration detention centre with over a hundred others in Malaysia late Thursday, officials said.
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More than 130 Rohingya arrive in Indonesia's Aceh
Reuters, Published on 01/02/2024
» JAKARTA - Over 130 Rohingya landed on the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday, an official at the United Nations refugee agency said, the latest in a series of such arrivals that have drawn controversy in the Southeast Asian country.
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Deepfakes deceive voters from India to Indonesia before polls
Reuters, Published on 03/01/2024
» LONDON - Divyendra Singh Jadoun was busy making artificial intelligence-based visual effects and voice clones for film and television in India, when he began getting calls from politicians: could he create AI videos, or deepfakes, for their election campaign?
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Rebel fire and China's ire: Inside Myanmar's anti-junta offensive
Reuters, Published on 15/12/2023
» YANGON - Generals from Myanmar's junta held peace talks in June near the border with China with representatives of three powerful ethnic armies. They sat across a wide table covered with blue cloth and decorated with elaborate bouquets.
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