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    Day: April 18, 2018

    Broadcaster erroneously reported release of Inn Din massacre soldiers: govt
    April 18, 2018in Lead Story, Media, News776by DVB
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    Broadcaster erroneously reported release of Inn Din massacre soldiers: govt

    A government spokesman on Wednesday moved quickly to refute a state media report that seven soldiers who were convicted for involvement in a high-profile massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine…

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    26 die, 137 injured in Thingyan festivities
    April 18, 2018in Crime, Lead Story, News10338by DVB
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    26 die, 137 injured in Thingyan festivities

    According to police data, nine persons were murdered, nine died in road accidents, and eight drowned.

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    More pressure needed on Burma to take back refugees, says Bangladeshi PM
    April 18, 2018in International Relations, Lead Story, News, Rohingya924by REUTERS
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    More pressure needed on Burma to take back refugees, says Bangladeshi PM

    Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday more international pressure was needed on Burma to take back Rohingya refugees, rejecting a claim by the Burmese government that it had…

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    36 political prisoners included in Thingyan presidential amnesty
    April 18, 2018in Lead Story, News, Politics629by YE MON
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    36 political prisoners included in Thingyan presidential amnesty

    Two Kachin pastors and a Buddhist abbot jailed for “Unlawful Association” are freed, but Reuters journalists remain behind bars.

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    Aid agencies fear for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s island relocation plan
    April 18, 2018in International Relations, Lead Story, News, Rohingya18443by THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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    Aid agencies fear for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s island relocation plan

    Bangladesh has failed to persuade aid agencies to sign up to its plan to move 100,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in June, internal documents show, amid fears they…

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