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Earthquake Rattles Myanmar And Neighboring Countries
People as far away as Thailand, India and Bangladesh felt the magnitude 6.8 quake. Historic pagodas in the city of Bagan appeared to be damaged, and at least three people reportedly died.
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Obama Says U.S. Is Prepared To Lift Sanctions Against Myanmar
It's going to happen "soon," President Obama said during remarks at a joint news conference with Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. He said this comes in light of political reforms.
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U.S. Lifts Economic Sanctions Against Myanmar
President Obama issued the executive order on Friday, saying he made the decision in light of political reforms in the Southeast Asian nation.
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Baby Dinosaur's 99 Million-Year-Old Tail, Encased In Amber, Surfaces In Myanmar
Millions of years ago, a dinosaur about the size of a sparrow had a bad day. It got stuck in tree resin. Paleontologists recently came across the rare amber fossil containing its tail in Myanmar.(Image...
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Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar Describe Military Tactic Of Systematic Rape
Witnesses say Myanmar forces waged a six-month campaign of murder, arson and mass rape after Rohingya militants attacked border guards. The Muslim minority has long faced persecution in Myanmar.(Image...
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Long-Persecuted Rohingya Find Refuge, But Not Acceptance, In Bangladesh
Rohingya Muslims fleeing a recent crackdown in Myanmar are just the latest wave of refugees to arrive in Bangladesh. But patience is wearing thin in the impoverished country with scarce...
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Can You Still Have Hope When Life Seems Hopeless?
We interviewed Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and asked about their hopes for the future. We were shaken by their answers.(Image credit: Michael Sullivan/for NPR)
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Bodies And Debris Found From Missing Myanmar Military Plane, Officials Say
The plane reportedly lost contact about 30 minutes after it took off from the coastal town of Myeik, bound for Yangon. It was carrying more than 100 people.(Image credit: Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images)
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'Where Would I Go?' Thousands Of Rohingya Flee Myanmar After A Bloody Week
Since a militant attack last week, the military has cracked down on the mostly Muslim minority, whom Myanmar doesn't consider citizens. More than 27,000 people have fled for Bangladesh.(Image credit:...
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'I Just Knew To Run To Save My Life': Nearly 125,000 Rohingya Flee Myanmar
Observers expect that number to grow. Myanmar's crackdown on the Muslim minority has prompted outrage around the world, including ire directed at its civilian leader, a Nobel Peace Prize...
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Apparent 'Ethnic Cleansing' Is Now Unfolding In Myanmar, U.N. Says
Operations against the Rohingya look like a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing," the U.N. human rights chief says. But Myanmar's civilian leader, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, denies the...
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Aung San Suu Kyi To Skip U.N. Meeting As Criticism Over Rohingya Crisis Grows
The Myanmar leader has garnered international opprobrium for her handling of what the United Nations and watchdog groups say appears to be a genocide against the country's Muslim minority.(Image...
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PHOTOS: Children Caught In The Crossfire Of Rohingya Crisis
More than half the 400,000 refugees who have fled to Bangladesh are children. That presents a daunting challenge to aid workers.(Image credit: Tommy Trenchard/Caritas)
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Bangladesh Copes With Chaos: Rohingya Refugees Are 'Coming And Coming'
Over 400,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh in just the past three weeks. Aid agencies and the Bangladesh government are struggling to cope.(Image credit: Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
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Rohingya Refugees Pour Into Bangladesh, And Many Question A Militant Group's...
In August, a Rohingya militant group attacked Myanmar security forces, leading to retribution. Since then, hundreds of thousands have fled to Bangladesh. Some believe the militants went too far.(Image...
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PHOTOS: Intimate Pictures Capture The Pain Of The Rohingya
Photographer Tommy Trenchard shares stories from Rohingya refugees who have run for their lives.(Image credit: Tommy Trenchard/Panos Pictures)
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Boat Carrying Rohingya Refugees Capsizes Off Bangladesh
At least 12 people are dead and 30 others missing, many of them children. Meanwhile, the situation in refugee camps in Bangladesh grows dire.(Image credit: Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/AP)
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For Half A Million Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar, Bangladesh Is A Reluctant Host
Bangladesh is struggling to accommodate 500,000-plus Rohingya who have poured across the border in less than two months. It isn't recognizing them as refugees and would prefer to see them...
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Amid Rohingya Crisis, White House Mulls Sanctions On Myanmar's Military
The State Department says it is considering using the Global Magnitsky Act to freeze assets and deny visas for the country's top generals.(Image credit: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.N. Rights Chief: Myanmar's Treatment Of Rohingya Includes 'Almost ISIS-Type...
The violence includes "some of the most awful crimes we have ever seen," including beheadings and cutting children's throats, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein tells...
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