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6 Dead, Hundreds Of Rohingyas Flee Malaysian Detention Camp After Riots
Six Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, including two children, have died after being hit by vehicles on a Malaysian highway as hundreds fled an immigration detention centre.
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Myanmar Envoy Urges "Strongest" UN Action To End Military Coup
Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations made an emotional plea on Friday to the international community for the "strongest possible action" against the military's rule, as riot police violently clamped down on anti-coup protests in the Southeast Asian country.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Calls for Unity in Divided Rakhine
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi called for unity in volatile Rakhine state today in an impassioned election rally, tackling head-on bitter religious divisions between Buddhists and Muslims that have shaken the former junta-run nation.
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Myanmar Student Protesters Defy Deadline to Disperse
Student protesters calling for education reform today defied an order to disperse in a tense standoff with hundreds of riot police in central Myanmar.
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Myanmar Student Protesters Given Hours to Disperse
Student protesters calling for education reform said on Tuesday that riot police have ordered them to disperse within hours after surrounding them near a monastery in central Myanmar.
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Angry Mourners Mass in Riot-Hit Myanmar City
Thousands of people, some wielding sticks, flooded Myanmar's second-largest city on Friday as tensions spiked during the funeral of a victim of Buddhist-Muslim clashes that have raised fears of spreading violence.
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Myanmar Police Arrest Five as Calm Returns to Mandalay After Riots
Police in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-biggest city, said they had arrested another five people after sectarian violence in which a Buddhist and a Muslim died, but an overnight curfew and a heavy security presence appeared to have restored calm on Friday.
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Curfew Imposed in Myanmar's Second City After Riots
Myanmar police imposed an overnight curfew in the country's second largest city of Mandalay on Thursday, after two nights of sectarian unrest that left two people dead.
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Two Killed in Sectarian Violence in Myanmar's Second-Largest City
Two men were killed in a second night of rioting in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, a security official said on Thursday, the latest flare-up in two years of sectarian unrest between Buddhists and Muslims that threatens fledgling reforms.
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Myanmar Police Fire Shots to End Sectarian Riot in Mandalay
Myanmar police fired shots on Wednesday to disperse crowds of Buddhists and Muslims facing off in the streets of Mandalay, the country's second-largest city, police sources and a witness said.
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6 Dead, Hundreds Of Rohingyas Flee Malaysian Detention Camp After Riots
Six Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, including two children, have died after being hit by vehicles on a Malaysian highway as hundreds fled an immigration detention centre.
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Myanmar Envoy Urges "Strongest" UN Action To End Military Coup
Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations made an emotional plea on Friday to the international community for the "strongest possible action" against the military's rule, as riot police violently clamped down on anti-coup protests in the Southeast Asian country.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Calls for Unity in Divided Rakhine
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi called for unity in volatile Rakhine state today in an impassioned election rally, tackling head-on bitter religious divisions between Buddhists and Muslims that have shaken the former junta-run nation.
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Myanmar Student Protesters Defy Deadline to Disperse
Student protesters calling for education reform today defied an order to disperse in a tense standoff with hundreds of riot police in central Myanmar.
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Myanmar Student Protesters Given Hours to Disperse
Student protesters calling for education reform said on Tuesday that riot police have ordered them to disperse within hours after surrounding them near a monastery in central Myanmar.
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Angry Mourners Mass in Riot-Hit Myanmar City
Thousands of people, some wielding sticks, flooded Myanmar's second-largest city on Friday as tensions spiked during the funeral of a victim of Buddhist-Muslim clashes that have raised fears of spreading violence.
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Myanmar Police Arrest Five as Calm Returns to Mandalay After Riots
Police in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-biggest city, said they had arrested another five people after sectarian violence in which a Buddhist and a Muslim died, but an overnight curfew and a heavy security presence appeared to have restored calm on Friday.
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Curfew Imposed in Myanmar's Second City After Riots
Myanmar police imposed an overnight curfew in the country's second largest city of Mandalay on Thursday, after two nights of sectarian unrest that left two people dead.
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Two Killed in Sectarian Violence in Myanmar's Second-Largest City
Two men were killed in a second night of rioting in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, a security official said on Thursday, the latest flare-up in two years of sectarian unrest between Buddhists and Muslims that threatens fledgling reforms.
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Myanmar Police Fire Shots to End Sectarian Riot in Mandalay
Myanmar police fired shots on Wednesday to disperse crowds of Buddhists and Muslims facing off in the streets of Mandalay, the country's second-largest city, police sources and a witness said.
