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Myanmar refugees face grim future in Bangladesh
The Associated Press
Begum is one of the hundreds of thousands of members of the Rohingya ethnic group who have fled to Bangladesh to escape persecution in neighboring Myanmar ...
Burmese refugees face starvation in BangladeshKansas City Star

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The Hindu

UN urges war crimes probe in Myanmar
AFP
BANGKOK — A UN special envoy upped pressure on Myanmar's ruling junta Friday with a pre-election call for an investigation into whether the regime is guilty ...
Myanmar: Dissident Assails Voting LawsNew York Times
Myanmar junta annuls election held 20 years agoWashington Post
Rigging Myanmar's election Belt, braces and army bootsEconomist
BusinessWeek -Contra Costa Times -ScandAsia.com
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Press TV

Myanmar exiles raise awareness in Berkeley
Interconnectionworld
12--BERKELEY -- Toe Lwin was riding in the back of a pickup truck through Myanmar's rural countryside almost seven years ago when a mob of armed thugs ...
UN Myanmar expert says some government rights violations may be war crimesJURIST
UN report urges probe into Myanmar war crimesPress TV
People of Myanmar 'denied again'Aljazeera.net
CBC.ca
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Malaysia arrests minorities fleeing Myanmar
CNN International
(CNN) -- Malaysian authorities have arrested a boatload of ethnic minorities fleeing Myanmar off the holiday island of Langkawi. ...

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The Daily Star

Moderate Tremor Jolts Bangladesh, India And Myanmar
AHN | All Headline News
Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - A moderate tremor was felt in different parts of Bangladesh, India and Myanmar on Saturday with no reports of casualties or damage ...
Moderate quake shakes North EastIndian Express
Moderate quake jolts countryThe New Nation
Moderate quake shakes hill tractsBangladesh News 24 hours
The Daily Star
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BBC News

Myanmar refugees 'starving to death' in Bangladesh
AFP
Described by the United Nations as one of the most persecuted minorities on Earth, thousands of Rohingya from Myanmar's northern Rakhine state stream across ...
Burmese refugees in Bangladesh suffer a shortage of food, careBoston Globe
Myanmar refugees left to 'starve' in BangladeshRadio Netherlands
Mass. rights group faults Bangladesh on refugeesThe Associated Press
Earthtimes (press release) -Bombay News -AsiaNews.it
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Washington Post

China wants high-speed rail link to India
The Hindu
The proposed line to India, running through Myanmar, will join with the central line at Tehran. Mr. Wang told The Hindu that China had reached an agreement ...
Railway beyond ChinaStraits Times
China Wants to Connect its High-Speed Rail to Europe (Largest Infrastructure ...CleanTechnica
High-speed rail: New Silk RoadXinhua

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Somali Pirates Hijack 21 Myanmar Sailors
GroundReport
21 Myanmar sailors on UBT Ocean, carrying chemicals owned by Naway, were hijacked by Somali pirates, on the way from UAE ...

Roundup: S. Korean preferential tariff scheme to boost Myanmar export
Interconnectionworld
YANGON, March 11 (Xinhua) -- South Korea has unilaterally offered duty-free quota-free tariff to 251 more exporting items of Myanmar under its preferential ...

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New York Times

Myanmar's Ruling Junta Is Selling State's Assets
New York Times
By THE NEW YORK TIMES YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's military government has quietly begun the largest sell-off of state assets in the country's history, ...
The privatisation of Myanmar?TODAYonline

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