(1) Over 22,500 Hit by Violence : Source : RFA
2012-10-28
ASEAN warns that the Rohingya could turn
into a radical force after bearing the brunt of communal riots in Burma.
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(2) OIC Slams 'New Attacks' : RFA
2012-10-27
Satellite imagery shows 'widespread
destruction" of Rohingya homes, property in western Burma.
The 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Saturday "strongly condemned" what it called a new wave of attacks on Muslim Rohingyas in Burma amid a report that an entire section of a town occupied by the stateless
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(3) Human Rights Groups Decry Burma’s Communal strife : Source : Irrawaddy
27-Oct-12
SITTWE
— Western Burma appeared calm Saturday after almost a week of deadly communal
strife, a government spokesman said as human rights groups called for action to
end the violence that one said it has documented with satellite imagery.
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(4) Villagers claim Dawei deep seaport project making life hell : Source : Karen
28-Oct-12
Villagers living in the area of the Dawei deep-sea port, part of a mega
development project worth USD$60 billion that is planned for southern Burma,
claim it is making it hard for them to now make a living.
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(5) Myanmar strife victims flee to already packed camps; UN says latest unrest displaced 22,000 : Source : Washingtonpost
29-Oct-12
SITTWE, Myanmar — Victims of Myanmar’s
latest explosion of Muslim-Buddhist violence fled to already packed
displacement camps along the country’s western coast, with a top U.N. official
saying the unrest has forced more than 22,000 people from their homes.
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(6) 22,000 displaced by Myanmar unrest: UN : Source : Nzherald
28-Oct-12
More than 22,000 people from mainly
Muslim communities have been displaced by fresh unrest in western Myanmar that
has killed dozens and seen whole neighbourhoods razed, the UN said Sunday.
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(7) Myanmar’s Ethnic Violence: Where Is Suu Kyi? : Source : CRF
28-Oct-12
Over
the past week, violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Rakhine State, in
the western part of Myanmar, has flared up badly once again. According to
reports in local media and the news wires, over the past seven days at least
sixty —and as many as one hundred— people have been killed in clashes. The
local
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(8) Burma to Myanmar and back? : Source : Sundaytimes
28-Oct-12
NEW DELHI – In ways big and small, Asia
is still living with the tainted legacy of imperialism. Consider the debate now
underway in Myanmar – or Burma to some. Because the imperial tongue found it
difficult to pronounce “Myanmar,” the country’s no-nonsense British masters
renamed it Burma (redrawing its borders as well for good measure).
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(9) Myanmar: Tale of two cities : Source : Thejakartapost
28-Oct-12
Other than the massive 15-lane thoroughfare that
could double as an airstrip, another spectacular attraction in Nay Pyi Taw, the
new capital of Myanmar, is the country’s parliamentary building.
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