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Myanmar dam breach floods communities in central region, blocks highway
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Myanmar dam breach floods communities in central region, blocks highway

  More than 5,000 people have evacuated their homes after water from a breached dam flooded communities in central Myanmar…
Will Myanmar’s military face justice over Rohingya ‘genocide’?
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Will Myanmar’s military face justice over Rohingya ‘genocide’?

  A UN probe has called for Myanmar’s military leaders to face justice for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity…
Myanmar army chief must be prosecuted for ‘genocide’: UN probe
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Myanmar army chief must be prosecuted for ‘genocide’: UN probe

  United Nations investigators on Monday called for an international probe and prosecution of Myanmar’s army chief and five other…
Reuters journalists face verdict next week on Myanmar secrets charges
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Reuters journalists face verdict next week on Myanmar secrets charges

YANGON (Reuters) – The judge in the trial of two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar on accusations of obtaining secret…
Belongings and belonging: the precious objects gathered by fleeing Rohingya
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Belongings and belonging: the precious objects gathered by fleeing Rohingya

  The Rohingya had no time to consider what to take as Myanmar forces drove the Muslim minority into Bangladesh…
UN urges Myanmar to speed Rohingya returns, grant citizenship
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UN urges Myanmar to speed Rohingya returns, grant citizenship

  United Nations aid agencies called on Myanmar on Wednesday to improve conditions in Rakhine state for the safe return…
Myanmar floods force more than 100,000 to flee homes
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Myanmar floods force more than 100,000 to flee homes

  Heavy rain has hammered southern, eastern and central parts of the country since last week, cutting off highways, destroying…
UN chief hears of ‘unimaginable’ atrocities as he visits Rohingya camps
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UN chief hears of ‘unimaginable’ atrocities as he visits Rohingya camps

  UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he heard “unimaginable” accounts of atrocities during a visit Monday to vast camps…
2,000 Kachin trapped by Myanmar fighting lack food, medicine
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2,000 Kachin trapped by Myanmar fighting lack food, medicine

Community leaders from the Christian ethnic Kachin community have called for urgent medical attention for about 2,000 civilians, including pregnant…
Myanmar to free over 8,000 prisoners in new-year amnesty
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Myanmar to free over 8,000 prisoners in new-year amnesty

Myanmar’s new president said on Tuesday over 8,000 prisoners will be freed in an amnesty, a move the government said…
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