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    Day: May 12, 2017

    India turns on Rohingya refugees, seeking deportation as Kashmir boils
    May 12, 2017in Lead Story, News, Refugees, Rohingya4by THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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    India turns on Rohingya refugees, seeking deportation as Kashmir boils

    Rising tensions with bordering Pakistan and a spike in separatist violence in neighbouring Kashmir, coupled with nationalist anti-Islamic sentiment globally, are threatening Rohingya Muslim refugees in India as demands grow…

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    Villagers walk free after 2 months in TNLA captivity
    May 12, 2017in Conflict, Lead Story, News, Ta'ang188by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Villagers walk free after 2 months in TNLA captivity

    Aik Non and Aik Ki were abducted by the TNLA in March for alleged connections to rival ethnic armed group RCSS/SSA.

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    Cash and chemicals: For Laos, Chinese banana boom a blessing and curse
    May 12, 2017in Foreign Affairs, Lead Story, News494by REUTERS
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    Cash and chemicals: For Laos, Chinese banana boom a blessing and curse

    Experts say the Chinese have brought jobs and higher wages to northern Laos, but have also drenched plantations with pesticides and other chemicals.

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