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    Day: October 12, 2016

    October 12, 2016in Bullet Points, Lead Story, News312by DVB
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    DVB Bulletin: 12 October 2016

    Watch DVB’s top stories with Kimberley Phillips

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    'Groupism' and sectarian violence in Arakan
    October 12, 2016in Analysis, Contributor, Lead Story, News, Opinion467by CARLOS SARDIÑA GALACHE
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    'Groupism' and sectarian violence in Arakan

    By not seeing ethnic groups like the Rohingya or the Rakhine as unitary collective actors, we are better able to avoid the trap of attributing collective responsibility.

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    Gems industry welcomes lifting of US sanctions
    October 12, 2016in Archives, Lead Story, Natural resources, News333by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Gems industry welcomes lifting of US sanctions

    A delegation representing the American gems industry is visiting Burma to explore opportunities in the country following the lifting of US sanctions.

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    UN calls for restraint, more gunfire reported in Maungdaw
    October 12, 2016in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya2by DVB
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    UN calls for restraint, more gunfire reported in Maungdaw

    UN Special Adviser calls on the civilian population of the area “to exercise maximum restraint and not be provoked into any kind of response by targeting other communities or religious…

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    Govt prepares for repatriation of 90 refugees
    October 12, 2016in Lead Story, News, Refugees5by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Govt prepares for repatriation of 90 refugees

    Burmese government officials visited the Nu Po camp on the Thai-Burmese border recently to make arrangements for the repatriation of 90 refugees.

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    Govt says four soldiers killed in Arakan clash
    October 12, 2016in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya65by WA LONE / REUTERS
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    Govt says four soldiers killed in Arakan clash

    Four Burmese soldiers were killed and one was injured on Tuesday when troops were attacked by suspected Muslim insurgents near the country’s border with Bangladesh, an official said.

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