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    October 31, 2016in Bullet Points, Lead Story, News51by DVB
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    DVB Bulletin: 31 October 2016

    Watch DVB’s top stories with Kimberley Phillips

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    KNU warned over unauthorised medical team
    October 31, 2016in Karen, Lead Story, News140by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    KNU warned over unauthorised medical team

    A liaison officer for the Karen National Union denied that the armed group had sent the team, which provided free eye treatment to 73 local people.

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    Arakan govt to form new militia to police border
    October 31, 2016in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya44by KO AUNG / DVB
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    Arakan govt to form new militia to police border

    The Arakan State government says it will form a militia to bolster defenses along Burma’s border with Bangladesh in the wake of a series of deadly attacks earlier this month.

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    Korean drug suspect's translator arrested
    October 31, 2016in Crime, Drugs, Lead Story, News, Pegu Division156by THAR GYI / DVB
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    Korean drug suspect's translator arrested

    The translator for a South Korean NGO worker under police investigation for alleged possession of yaba pills has been detained, according to local police.

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    Govt to probe Rohingya man's death in custody
    October 31, 2016in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya186by SIMON LEWIS / REUTERS
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    Govt to probe Rohingya man's death in custody

    The President’s Office said the government would investigate the death of a 60-year-old Rohingya Muslim who died in police custody in Arakan State two weeks ago.

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    Photographer John Hulme at the opening of his exhibition “Beyond Tolerance: Living Together with Migrants” at Rangoon’s Deitta Gallery on 28 October 2016. (Photo: Libby Hogan / DVB)
    October 28, 2016in Interview, Lead Story, Migrants Issues, News, Photos349by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Interview: Migrants 'need to tell their story'

    A new exhibition at Rangoon’s Deitta Gallery explores the lives of Burmese migrants in Thailand.

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