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Syria peace process in Astana great success: Foreign Ministry
Jan 23, 2017 09:47Iran has praised as a diplomatic “success” the peace talks underway between Damascus and opposition groups in the Kazakh capital, Astana, expressing hope that the process will work to consolidate the ceasefire holding across Syria.
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Myanmar defies OIC call to stop atrocities against Rohingya
Jan 21, 2017 06:06Myanmar has defied a call by Muslim governments to stop atrocities against Rohingya Muslims, slamming instead Malaysia for hosting a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
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Lawmakers with Myanmar’s ruling party in Rakhine refuse to meet UN envoy
Jan 13, 2017 12:13Lawmakers from the ruling party in Myanmar’s beleaguered Rakhine State have refused to meet the United Nations special envoy, who is in the country to investigate a brutal and deadly military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
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Bangladesh urges Myanmar to end violence against Rohingya Muslims
Jan 12, 2017 17:06Bangladesh has urged Myanmar to end months of persecution and violence that have forced thousands of Rohingya Muslims in the northwestern Rakhine State to flee across the border.
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OIC to discuss Rohingya crisis next week
Jan 11, 2017 13:42The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is to discuss the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar next week, a Malaysian official says.
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At least 65,000 Rohingya Muslims flee from Myanmar to Bangladesh: UN
Jan 09, 2017 11:22At least 65,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled persecution and violence in Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh since the army launched a crackdown in the northwestern Rakhine State early October, the United Nations says.
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UN special envoy arrives in Myanmar for probe
Jan 09, 2017 10:21A United Nations (UN) special envoy has arrived in Myanmar to begin an investigation into a brutal and deadly military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in the country.
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Buddhist extremists stop Muslim ceremony in Myanmar
Jan 09, 2017 03:44Extremist Buddhist nationalists have stopped a Muslim religious ceremony in Myanmar's commercial capital, Yangon, amid an ongoing bloody campaign against Rohingya Muslims in the Western State of Rakhine.
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Two Rohingyas tortured to death in Myanmar: Local sources
Jan 08, 2017 11:37Myanmar’s military forces have tortured to death two Rohingya Muslim civilians and arrested scores of others in the country’s state of Rakhine.
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UN to probe Myanmar crackdown on Rohingya
Jan 06, 2017 11:23The United Nations is conducting a probe into a harsh military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar following reports of rapes, killings, and torture against the minority group in the Buddhist-dominated country.