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    Day: March 13, 2017

    UN expert fears Burma trying to depopulate Rohingya areas
    March 13, 2017in Arakan, International Relations, Lead Story, News, Rohingya74by REUTERS
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    UN expert fears Burma trying to depopulate Rohingya areas

    Burma may be using bureaucratic means to get rid of its Rohingya Muslim minority after a security crackdown against them caused an international outcry, the UN human rights investigator on…

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    Earthquake shakes buildings in Rangoon
    March 13, 2017in Lead Story, News0by REUTERS
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    Earthquake shakes buildings in Rangoon

    A magnitude 5.1 earthquake briefly jolted buildings in Burma’s largest city and commercial hub Rangoon on Monday evening at around 8:50 p.m. local time.

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    Burmese reporter punches rival over alleged extortion
    March 13, 2017in Lead Story, Media, News11by DVB
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    Burmese reporter punches rival over alleged extortion

    “Ko Thet Khine took pictures of the tractor carrying the wood and then asked the driver for money, That’s why I punched him.”

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    Refugees surge into China as Kokang border conflict escalates
    March 13, 2017in Conflict, International Relations, Lead Story, News11by REUTERS
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    Refugees surge into China as Kokang border conflict escalates

    Aid workers and those displaced have expressed fears of a more violent and protracted conflict than a previous flare-up in the Kokang region in early 2015.

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