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Tens of thousands displaced in Burma unrest
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Tens of thousands displaced in Burma unrest
Sun 28 Oct 2012
MORE than 22,000 people from mainly Muslim communities have been displaced in western Burma, the UN said yesterday, after a fresh wave of violence and arson that has left dozens dead. Whole... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré)
UN calls for action to end Myanmar violence
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UN calls for action to end Myanmar violence
Sun 28 Oct 2012
The UN has called for "urgent action" to prevent the spread of intercommunal violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, after recent clashes killed dozens of people and left thousands homeless. The... (photo: UN / Staton Winter)
Muslim refugees gather at Thechaung camp refugee camp upon arrival in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Boats carrying some of those fleeing arrived outside the state capital, Sittwe. They trudged to the nearby Thechaung camp, a place already home to thousands of Rohingya Muslims who took refuge there after a previous wave of violence in June.  The Guardian  Sun 28 Oct 2012
Burma clashes force 22,000 to flee homes
Latest flareup between ethnic Arakan Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in western Burma sends people into packed displacement camps Muslim Rohingya displaced by the violent clashes gather at Thechaung... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win)
Burma   Humanrights   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: 2012 Rakhine State riots
Combatting roadside bombs in Afghanistan  Al Jazeera  Sun 28 Oct 2012
Combatting roadside bombs in Afghanistan
Roadside bombs are responsible for almost half of the casualties among international forces in Afghanistan. Now explosives experts are using the latest technology to protect against such attacks. That... (photo: US DoD / Lance Cpl. Cesar Contreras)
Afghanistan   Bombs   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
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Muslim refugees prepare for a meal at Thechaung refugee camp upon arrival in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Jakarta Globe Sun 28 Oct 2012
UN Says 22,000 Displaced By Myanmar Communal Unrest
More than 22,000 people from mainly Muslim communities have been forced to flee their homes in western Myanmar, the UN said Sunday, after a fresh wave of violence and... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win)
Myanmar   Photos   Refugee   UN   Wikipedia: 2012 Rakhine State riots
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, right, greets Saeed Jalili, Iran's chief negotiator in the foyer of the conference center near the Swiss mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. The delegations of Iran, the European Union, the United States, Russia, Britain, France and Germany are meeting in Geneva for nuclear talks with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Saeed Jalili, Iran's chief negotiator. Al Jazeera Sun 28 Oct 2012
Leftwing Euro MPs cancel Iran visit
A planned visit to Iran by five European MPs has been called off just before their scheduled departure. The change in plans was announced on Saturday after Tehran said it... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus, Pool)
Europe   Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran
China's Premier Wen Jiabao attends a joint news conference of the fifth trilateral summit among China, South Korea and Japan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Sunday, May 13, 2012. CNN Sun 28 Oct 2012
How bad is corruption in China?
By Fareed Zakaria There was a blockbuster article in the New York Times yesterday that details the extent of the private wealth amassed by the family of Chinese Premier... (photo: AP / Petar Kujundzic)
China   Corruption   Photos   Politics   Wen Jiabao   Wikipedia: Corruption in the People's Republic of China
In this photo taken Tuesday July 26, 2011, residents evacuate to safer grounds after heavy rains brought about by slow-moving storm Nock-ten (local name Juaning) flooded Legazpi city, Albay province in northeastern Philippines. Al Jazeera Sun 28 Oct 2012
Typhoon Son-Tinh kills dozens in Philippines
The death toll from Typhoon Son-Tinh in the Philippines has risen sharply to 24, as casualty reports come in from isolated central islands and the far-flung south, the... (photo: AP)
Islands   Philippines   Photos   Typhoon   Wikipedia: 2012 Pacific typhoon season
In this Oct. 25, 2012 photo, a Rakhine refugee receives medical treatment at Kyauktaw hospital in Kyauktaw, Rakhine State, western Myanmar. At least 56 people have been killed and 1,900 homes destroyed in renewed ethnic violence between the Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities in western Myanmar as the government warned perpetrators and the international community appealed for calm. France24 Sat 27 Oct 2012
Thousands displaced by ethnic violence in Burma
Renewed ethnic violence between Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya in Burma’s western Rakhine state has left thousands displaced, driving them into already overcrowded camps... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win)
Burma   Myanmar   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: 2012 Rakhine State riots


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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney listens to President Barack Obama speak during the third presidential debate at Lynn University Bin Laden would have escaped if Pakistan permission sought: Obama Sun Sentinel
FEDERAL MINISTER FOR INTERIOR, SENATOR A. REHMAN MALIK OFFERING DUA FOR RAPID RECOVERY OF MALALA AND HER FRIENDS KIANAT AND SHAZIA WHO WERE INJURED DURING TERRORIST�S ATTACKAT MALALA�S SCHOOL IN SWAT ON OCTOBER 16, 2012. Malik announces USD 1 mn bounty on attacker of Pak girl The Siasat Daily
South Asia News
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Religion
An injured Rakhine refugee is carried in to Kyauktaw hospital to receive medical treatment Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, in Kyauktaw, Rakhine State, western Myanmar. Burma death toll rises in ethnic clashes San Francisco Chronicle
Myanmar Buddhist monks march, protesting against plans to open office of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Muslims flee Myanmar as unrest continues New Straits/Business Times
Human Rights
A Rakhine refugee lies on a bed under medical treatment at Sittwe hospital in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. Burma: HRW satellite images 'show Rakhine destruction' BBC News
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Tomas Quintana talks to journalists during press conference at Yangon International Airport Friday, Feb.19 2010 in Yangon, Myanmar. Envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana had said he would push the government to allow him to meet Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, whom he was also barred from seeing on two previous visits. Myanmar making progress: UN expert Zeenews
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