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    Day: August 28, 2017

    Humanitarian concerns set in amid latest Arakan State violence
    August 28, 2017in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya2189by KIMBERLEY PHILLIPS / DVB
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    Humanitarian concerns set in amid latest Arakan State violence

    Food supplies have been cut off by the latest round of violence in northern Arakan State, according to a major UN provider of humanitarian assistance.

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    Pope visit confirmed, due in Burma from 27-30 November
    August 28, 2017in Lead Story, News, Religion365by REUTERS
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    Pope visit confirmed, due in Burma from 27-30 November

    Pope Francis plans to visit Burma and Bangladesh in late November and early December, two countries caught up in a crisis over the Rohingya Muslim minority.

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    Karen IDPs suffer food shortages as clashes rage nearby
    August 28, 2017in Aid, Karen, Lead Story, News369by DVB
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    Karen IDPs suffer food shortages as clashes rage nearby

    “We have only rice for survival,” said Saw Swe Tun, the camp administrator.

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    Panic-stricken civilians continue to flee fighting in Arakan
    August 28, 2017in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya191by REUTERS
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    Panic-stricken civilians continue to flee fighting in Arakan

    Thousands of fearful Rohingya Muslims and Arakanese Buddhist civilians have fled the worst fighting to grip Burma’s northwest in five years, with 104 people killed and the United Nations and…

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    Hi-tech deal inked to aid ASEAN fishing
    August 28, 2017in ASEAN, Lead Story, News100by THE BANGKOK POST
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    Hi-tech deal inked to aid ASEAN fishing

    The United States Agency for International Development Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (USAID Oceans) and UK satellite operator Inmarsat have signed a partnership agreement to improve traceability and promote sustainable fishing…

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