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    UN rejects Burma claim that it agreed to help build housing for refugees
    October 26, 2017in Aid, Arakan, Lead Story, News975by REUTERS
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    UN rejects Burma claim that it agreed to help build housing for refugees

    A UN settlement programme on Thursday rejected a Burmese state media report that it had agreed to help build housing for people fleeing violence in northern Arakan State, where an…

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    Several ‘possessed’ workers faint at factory in Bago
    October 26, 2017in Lead Story, News420by YAN NAING ZAW WIN
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    Several ‘possessed’ workers faint at factory in Bago

    In what is being described by locals as a supernatural incident, more than 20 factory workers at Karisma Apparel fainted and were sent to Bago General Hospital for treatment earlier…

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    Thai capital draped in yellow as tens of thousands gather for late king’s funeral
    October 26, 2017in Foreign Affairs, Lead Story, News544by REUTERS
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    Thai capital draped in yellow as tens of thousands gather for late king’s funeral

    Amid beating drums, the whistle of an ancient flute and an artillery salute, Thailand began an elaborate ceremony steeped in ancient rites to mark the start on Thursday of a…

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    Aid workers blocked from entering Muslim camp in Myebon amid tension
    October 26, 2017in Aid, Arakan, Lead Story, News285by REUTERS
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    Aid workers blocked from entering Muslim camp in Myebon amid tension

    Buddhists in Burma on Wednesday blocked aid workers from visiting a camp for displaced Muslims in the central part of Arakan State, where the United Nations fears the spread of…

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