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Myanmar Junta Sets Hundreds Of Houses On Fire, Villagers Claim
Myanmar junta troops have torched hundreds of buildings during a three-day raid in the country's north, local media and residents said, as the military struggles to crush resistance to its rule.
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Myanmar Violence Creating "Human Rights Catastrophe": UN Rights Chief
The UN rights chief said Friday that violence was escalating across Myanmar, warning that the country had plunged into a "human rights catastrophe" since the February 1 coup.
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"We Condemn Any Use Of Violence": India On Situation In Myanmar Amid Coup
As Myanmar's army continued crackdown on civilians protesting against the February 1 coup, India condemned any use of violence and said it stands for the restoration of democracy in the country.
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US Suspends Myanmar Trade Pact After Bloodiest Weekend
The US suspended a trade pact with Myanmar Monday and led international condemnation of the junta's ruthless crackdown, as protesters and mourners took to the streets after the deadliest weekend since the military coup.
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"Even I Kneel On Streets Of Myanmar And Say 'Stop The Violence'": Pope
Pope Francis appealed on Wednesday for an end to bloodshed in Myanmar, saying: "Even I kneel on the streets of Myanmar and say 'stop the violence'".
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"Extremely Irresponsible": Twitter CEO Promotes Myanmar, Faces Criticism
Twitter's chief executive Jack Dorsey is facing criticism for promoting Myanmar as a tourist destination despite widespread allegations of human rights abuses in the country.
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Two-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar
Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families in an effort to ease tensions with the Rohingya's Buddhist neighbors after a spate of deadly sectarian violence, an official said on Saturday.
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Myanmar violence: houses torched, 10 injured
Buddhist mobs hurling bricks overran a pair of mosques and set hundreds of homes ablaze in central Myanmar on Tuesday, injuring at least 10 people in the latest anti-Muslim violence to shake the Southeast Asian nation.
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Myanmar Buddhist, Muslim refugees clash in Indonesia, eight dead
Muslim and Buddhist refugees from Myanmar clashed at a refugee camp in Indonesia on Friday in a riot in which eight people were killed and 15 were wounded, media reported.
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Death toll rises to 20 in Myanmar religious riots
Two days of rioting between Buddhists and Muslims in a central Myanmar town has killed at least 20 and left residents too afraid to walk the streets, a lawmaker said on Friday.
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Fear, mistrust grip Myanmar's volatile Rakhine region
As security forces police the edgy aftermath of sectarian bloodshed in western Myanmar, fearful Buddhists and Muslims are arming themselves with homemade weapons, testing the government's resolve to prevent a new wave of violence.
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Muslim-Buddhist clashes spread in western Myanmar
Skirmishes between Muslims and Buddhists in western Myanmar have spread to two new districts where authorities are struggling to douse flames from burning homes, the government said on Wednesday.
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Myanmar Junta Sets Hundreds Of Houses On Fire, Villagers Claim
Myanmar junta troops have torched hundreds of buildings during a three-day raid in the country's north, local media and residents said, as the military struggles to crush resistance to its rule.
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Myanmar Violence Creating "Human Rights Catastrophe": UN Rights Chief
The UN rights chief said Friday that violence was escalating across Myanmar, warning that the country had plunged into a "human rights catastrophe" since the February 1 coup.
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"We Condemn Any Use Of Violence": India On Situation In Myanmar Amid Coup
As Myanmar's army continued crackdown on civilians protesting against the February 1 coup, India condemned any use of violence and said it stands for the restoration of democracy in the country.
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US Suspends Myanmar Trade Pact After Bloodiest Weekend
The US suspended a trade pact with Myanmar Monday and led international condemnation of the junta's ruthless crackdown, as protesters and mourners took to the streets after the deadliest weekend since the military coup.
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"Even I Kneel On Streets Of Myanmar And Say 'Stop The Violence'": Pope
Pope Francis appealed on Wednesday for an end to bloodshed in Myanmar, saying: "Even I kneel on the streets of Myanmar and say 'stop the violence'".
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"Extremely Irresponsible": Twitter CEO Promotes Myanmar, Faces Criticism
Twitter's chief executive Jack Dorsey is facing criticism for promoting Myanmar as a tourist destination despite widespread allegations of human rights abuses in the country.
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Two-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar
Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families in an effort to ease tensions with the Rohingya's Buddhist neighbors after a spate of deadly sectarian violence, an official said on Saturday.
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Myanmar violence: houses torched, 10 injured
Buddhist mobs hurling bricks overran a pair of mosques and set hundreds of homes ablaze in central Myanmar on Tuesday, injuring at least 10 people in the latest anti-Muslim violence to shake the Southeast Asian nation.
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Myanmar Buddhist, Muslim refugees clash in Indonesia, eight dead
Muslim and Buddhist refugees from Myanmar clashed at a refugee camp in Indonesia on Friday in a riot in which eight people were killed and 15 were wounded, media reported.
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Death toll rises to 20 in Myanmar religious riots
Two days of rioting between Buddhists and Muslims in a central Myanmar town has killed at least 20 and left residents too afraid to walk the streets, a lawmaker said on Friday.
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Fear, mistrust grip Myanmar's volatile Rakhine region
As security forces police the edgy aftermath of sectarian bloodshed in western Myanmar, fearful Buddhists and Muslims are arming themselves with homemade weapons, testing the government's resolve to prevent a new wave of violence.
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Muslim-Buddhist clashes spread in western Myanmar
Skirmishes between Muslims and Buddhists in western Myanmar have spread to two new districts where authorities are struggling to douse flames from burning homes, the government said on Wednesday.
