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OIC leaders urge swift end to violence against Rohingya Muslims
Sep 10, 2017 14:33Senior leaders of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states have stressed the importance of taking swift action to put an immediate end to the ongoing brutal violence against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
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UN asks for aid to tackle Rohingya crisis unfolding in southern Bangladesh
Sep 10, 2017 14:24The United Nations has appealed for aid to tackle a humanitarian crisis unfolding in southern Bangladesh, where the number of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar has neared 300,000.
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Five children drown as Rohingya boats sink off Bangladesh
Sep 06, 2017 12:28At least five Rohingya Muslim children have drowned while on boats fleeing an escalation of violence in Myanmar, which has forced thousands of members of the persecuted minority to seek refuge across the border in neighboring Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh sends back 70 Rohingyas to Myanmar despite violence
Aug 27, 2017 07:59Security forces in Bangladesh have detained and sent back to Myanmar dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees who had made it across the border despite coming under fire by Myanmarese troops.
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South Asia floods affect 24 million: Red Cross
Aug 22, 2017 12:29More than 24 million people have been affected by some of the worst flooding to hit South Asia in decades, with large areas of land submerged in water, the Red Cross Tuesday.
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South Asia floods kill 700, drive 1 million from homes
Aug 20, 2017 12:27The confirmed death toll passed 700 and more than a million were driven from their homes as large swathes of South Asia reeled under monsoon floods Sunday, officials said.
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Bangladeshi court sentences 10 to death for plot to kill Premier Hasina
Aug 20, 2017 12:20A court in Bangladesh has sentenced ten militants to death over a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is in her third term.
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Bangladesh border guards block Myanmar Rohingya refugees
Aug 19, 2017 12:26Bangladeshi coast guards have refused to allow in scores of Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine, where the government continues with a deadly push against members of the minority.
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Bangladesh intensifies border patrols to deter fresh inflow of Rohingya refugees
Aug 17, 2017 09:52Bangladesh has ramped up patrols on its border with Myanmar, following reports that about 1,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar had crossed into the country in the past two weeks.
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Bangladesh sees new influx of Rohingya Muslims
Aug 16, 2017 12:15Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh in recent days, following a fresh military build-up in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine.