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    Roster for exam seating plan in Thandwe stirs ‘Bengali’ controversy
    February 22, 2018in Lead Story, News, Rakhine549by PAING SOE / DVB
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    Roster for exam seating plan in Thandwe stirs ‘Bengali’ controversy

    Parents condemn what they call institutionalised discrimination in Thandwe Township, Rakhine State, where Muslim students were distinguished from their non-Muslim peers and labelled “Bengali” on a document laying out seating…

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    Kaman Muslims distance themselves from Rohingya
    November 7, 2015in 2015 Elections, Arakan, Lead Story, News, Politics91by REUTERS
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    Kaman Muslims distance themselves from Rohingya

    Kaman Muslims in Arakan State who have lost citizenship rights after being caught up in sectarian violence are hoping the elections will change their fate.

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    Muslims in Arakan State pin hopes on Suu Kyi
    October 17, 2015in 2015 Elections, Lead Story, News, Politics414by REUTERS
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    Muslims in Arakan State pin hopes on Suu Kyi

    Muslim supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi said on Saturday they hoped a government lead by the NLD would improve their lives in Arakan State.

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    Anti-Muslim anthem heightens tension in Sandoway
    September 21, 2014in Arakan, Communal Violence, Lead Story, News6by DVB
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    Anti-Muslim anthem heightens tension in Sandoway

    Local authorities in the Arakanese town of Sandoway have failed to take action against a bus station owner who has been playing anti-Muslim anthems on the terminal’s tannoy system.

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    Arakan towns to join national grid
    June 4, 2014in Development, Lead Story, News159by PAING SOE / DVB
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    Arakan towns to join national grid

    The towns of Taungup and Sandoway were previously scheduled to light up in May under the government scheme but work-related delays pushed the project back a month.

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    October 3, 2013in Lead Story, News, Video174by REUTERS
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    Sandoway: latest victim of communal chaos

    Security forces have contained the fresh bout of deadly violence in Arakan state’s Sandoway district.

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