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    Day: May 3, 2017

    Shuttering of Islamic schools draws criticism
    May 3, 2017in Lead Story, News, Rangoon, Religion272by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Shuttering of Islamic schools draws criticism

    Two Muslim schools remain closed in Rangoon’s Thaketa Township as authorities say they are investigating the schools’ eligibility to hold prayer services.

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    TNLA conflict: Woman, 80, killed in artillery strike
    May 3, 2017in Conflict, Lead Story, News228by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    TNLA conflict: Woman, 80, killed in artillery strike

    “An 80-year-old woman named Ya Lai was killed when a shell landed on her house,” says a TNLA spokesperson.

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    China’s Silk Road push in Thailand may founder on Mekong row
    May 3, 2017in Environment, Foreign Affairs, Lead Story, News653by REUTERS
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    China’s Silk Road push in Thailand may founder on Mekong row

    China’s plan to blast open more of the Mekong River for bigger cargo ships could founder on a remote outcrop of half-submerged rocks that Thai protesters have vowed to protect…

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    Burma, EU at odds over UN fact-finding mission
    May 3, 2017in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya637by REUTERS
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    Burma, EU at odds over UN fact-finding mission

    The European Union clashed on Tuesday with the visiting leader of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, by publicly supporting an international mission to look into alleged human rights abuses by…

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