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    Day: August 3, 2017

    Govt prepares to tackle Buddhist extremists
    August 3, 2017in Lead Story, News, Protest, Religion131by YE MON
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    Govt prepares to tackle Buddhist extremists

    A spokesperson for the religious affairs ministry said that local and township chapters of the Sangha Maha Nayaka have been instructed to stop the protests.

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    Two shot dead, four missing in northern Arakan
    August 3, 2017in Arakan, Lead Story, News272by KO AUNG / DVB
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    Two shot dead, four missing in northern Arakan

    Two men from Kaing Gyi village in Maungdaw Township were shot dead on Thursday morning and four women were reported missing in the latest killings and disappearances to plague northern…

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    World Islamic body OIC tells Burma to protect rights of Rohingya
    August 3, 2017in Lead Story, News, Rohingya730by REUTERS
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    World Islamic body OIC tells Burma to protect rights of Rohingya

    Burma must protect the rights of its Rohingya Muslim minority, the chief of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said on Thursday, urging the Southeast Asian nation to join hands…

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    H1N1 death toll rises to 13 in Burma
    August 3, 2017in Health, Lead Story, News304by DVB
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    H1N1 death toll rises to 13 in Burma

    Health officials in Burma have sought to calm fears among the public over the outbreak of H1N1, also known as swine flu.

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    Mosque, Islamic school targeted for closure on Rangoon outskirts
    August 3, 2017in Lead Story, News722by DVB
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    Mosque, Islamic school targeted for closure on Rangoon outskirts

    Local authorities have asked Muslim community leaders to shutter a mosque and madrasa that they say were opened without the proper permitting in Kyun Pone Lay village, Taikkyi, a township…

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