World
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International
4/29/2013 4:06:08 PM
A report by an independent commission made recommendations regarding the fate of Muslims in Rakhine, Myanmar, including the deployment of security forces by the double
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World
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International
4/22/2013 4:04:06 PM
EU to lift sanctions against Myanmar in a bid to boost bilateral relations with the country
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World
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International
4/22/2013 10:20:26 AM
The Human Rights Watch accuses the Burmese government of engaging in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims
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World
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Region
4/20/2013 11:47:19 AM
Global hopes that democracy could replace dictatorships in Arab Spring nations risk being crushed by repressive regimes, the United States warns in its annual human rights report
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World
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Region
4/14/2013 6:33:55 PM
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the world's top pan-Islamic body, pushes for a delegation to investigate violence against Muslims in Myanmar
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World
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International
4/14/2013 4:47:38 PM
Myanmar's Muslims feel they are facing religious discrimination amid repeated sectarian clashes between Muslim and Buddhist factions
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World
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International
4/2/2013 2:27:23 PM
Electrical fault blamed for blaze that killed 13 boys at Islamic school, raising fears of increased violence with rising religious unrest
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World
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International
4/1/2013 11:59:27 AM
After deadly clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar, HRW demands in a report that the government take decisive action to combat sectarianism
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World
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International
3/30/2013 2:44:30 PM
Head of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation says the group is 'ready to take all necessary measures and actions to deal with violence against Myanmar Muslims'
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World
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International
3/29/2013 11:00:17 AM
Almost 125,000 displaced Rohingya Muslims might face rain threats in western Myanmar, UN says
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World
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International
3/4/2013 2:55:42 PM
Malala Yousafzai, the shot Pakistani schoolgirl-turned-icon of Taliban resistance and former US president Bill Clinton are on the list 2013 Nobel Peace Prize nominees
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World
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International
2/7/2013 12:36:30 PM
A top Thai security agency says the country has received almost 6,000 Rohingyas who escaped Muslim-Buddhist sectarian violence in Myanmar
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World
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International
1/27/2013 5:46:59 PM
Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel laureate San Suu Kyi says she is 'fond' of the army despite being held under military-imposed house arrest during the last two decades
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World
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International
1/21/2013 1:45:02 PM
Myanmar is on the cusp of a mobile phone revolution, but it's happening too slowly for many locals
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
1/9/2013 11:49:47 AM
Using cigarette lighters, syringes and soap, artist Htein Lin produced more 200 while imprisoned for suspected opposition activity, despite harsh prison conditions, it became his "studio"
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World
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International
12/25/2012 10:49:23 AM
Calling upon Myanmar's government to address reports of human rights abuses by some authorities, the U.N. General Assembly expressed serious concern over violence between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists
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World
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International
12/18/2012 1:15:35 PM
Just weeks after a violent police crackdown on demonstrators at the site, protesters opposing a Chinese-backed copper mine in northern Myanmar returned to resume their demonstration
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World
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International
12/12/2012 1:20:24 PM
UN announces that Myanmar is at the heart of a growing narcotics crisis in Asia that threatens public security
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World
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International
12/12/2012 12:08:29 PM
To protest against police violence during a crackdown on demonstrators at a copper mine last month, which left at least 50 people injured, hundreds of Buddhist monks hit the streets of cities and towns in Myanmar
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World
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International
12/6/2012 10:58:44 AM
The United Nations say more than 115,000 people remain displaced due to communal violence between Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar's Rakhine state
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