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Displaced Muslims flock to madrassa
Associated Press, Published on 21/11/2013
» SITTWE, Myanmar - A year after Buddhist mobs forced almost all members of the minority Rohingya Muslim community from this northwestern Myanmar city, creating a state-sanctioned sectarian divide, thousands of children while away their long, empty days in dusty displacement camps.
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When mob was Rohingya, Myanmar's response ruthless
Associated Press, Published on 25/11/2013
» BA GONE NAR, Myanmar — Noor Jaan lifted her black Islamic veil and recalled the last time she saw her husband. He was among more than 600 Rohingya Muslim men thrown in jail in this remote corner of Myanmar during a ruthless security crackdown that followed sectarian violence, and among one in 10 who did not make it out alive.
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Malaysian 'married child rape victim'
Associated Press, Published on 23/05/2013
» KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Prosecutors are pursuing rape charges against a 40-year-old Malaysian who allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl and then married her.
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Suu Kyi slams Rohingya 2-child limit
Associated Press, Published on 27/05/2013
» YANGON - Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, rights groups and Islamic leaders expressed dismay on Monday over plans by authorities in western Myanmar to revive a two-child limit on Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing.
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Obama deals with two scandals
Associated Press, Published on 14/05/2013
» WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama tried to swat down a pair of brewing controversies Monday (US time).
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Myanmar citizens increase security
Associated Press, Published on 02/05/2013
» YANGON - They have seen how the troubles start from the smallest things. They have seen the police powerless before mobs fired with religious zeal and armed with bricks and swords. They have seen on TV and in newspapers the burning homes of people just like them light up the night.
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