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Ruthless meth networks get ill-prepared Myanmar hooked
World

Ruthless meth networks get ill-prepared Myanmar hooked

Mobs of stick-wielding church-goers in Myanmar’s northeast used to descend on dealers and addicts in a desperate effort to save…
Myanmar court sentences two to death for Muslim lawyer’s murder
World

Myanmar court sentences two to death for Muslim lawyer’s murder

Two people were sentenced to death by a Myanmar court Friday for the murder of a Muslim lawyer and Aung…
Rohingya plight ‘shames us all’: Angelina Jolie
World

Rohingya plight ‘shames us all’: Angelina Jolie

COX’S BAZAR (Reuters) – UN refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie on Tuesday visited camps in Bangladesh for Muslim Rohingya…
Thaw of Himalayas set to disrupt Asia’s rivers, crops: study
Environment

Thaw of Himalayas set to disrupt Asia’s rivers, crops: study

KATHMANDU (Reuters) – At least a third of the ice in the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush will thaw this…
Hui poet fears for his people as China ‘Sinicizes’ religion
Society

Hui poet fears for his people as China ‘Sinicizes’ religion

JINAN, China (AP) — Cui Haoxin is too young to remember the days of his Hui people’s oppression under China’s…
UN Security Council mulls Myanmar action; Russia, China boycott talks
World

UN Security Council mulls Myanmar action; Russia, China boycott talks

  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The UN Security Council is considering action to push Myanmar to work with the United…
“Thumbs up” pics for Myanmar Reuters reporters as they mark year in jail
World

“Thumbs up” pics for Myanmar Reuters reporters as they mark year in jail

  Messages of solidarity poured in Wednesday from around the world on the one-year anniversary of the arrest of two…
Mekong women pressed into marriage in China
World

Mekong women pressed into marriage in China

Everyone did well from Nary’s marriage to a Chinese man, except the young Cambodian bride herself, who returned home from…
Myanmar police shoot, injure four in raid on Rohingya camp: witness
World

Myanmar police shoot, injure four in raid on Rohingya camp: witness

YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar police shot and injured four Rohingya Muslims on Sunday, after detaining two men accused of smuggling…
Bangladesh scraps Rohingya return, says no one wants to go
World

Bangladesh scraps Rohingya return, says no one wants to go

  COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s plans to begin repatriating Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar on Thursday were scrapped because…
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