Myanmar
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— Burmese proverb
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Las Vegas gunman may have scoped out other music festivals
Investigators are looking into whether gunman Stephen Paddock scoped out bigger music festivals in Las Vegas and Chicago — and perhaps Boston's Fenway Park — before setting up his perch in a casino hotel and raining deadly fire on country music fans.Paddock booked rooms overlooking the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago ...
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Rohingya Refugee Crisis Response Plan requires US$434 million to assist 1.2 million people
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Bangladesh, MyanmarThe plan targets all Rohingya refugees and 300,000 Bangladeshi host communities, focusing on the provision of life-saving assistance, improving settlement areas, and promoting protection. OVERVIEW OF THE CRISIS Violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar, which began on 25 August 2017 has driven an ...
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Brother: Las Vegas gunman was wealthy real-estate investor
Stephen Paddock (above) lived in a tidy Nevada retirement community where the amenities include golf, tennis and bocce. He was a wealthy real-estate investor, recently shipped his 90-year-old mother a walker and liked to play high-stakes video poker in Las Vegas.Nothing in his background suggests why he would have been ...
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Watch: Gunman had 'bump-stock' device that could speed fire
The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas had two "bump-stocks" that could have converted semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic ones, officials said.The devices have attracted scrutiny in recent years from authorities.California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has long railed against them. Several ...
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Global humanitarian needs have never been higher, says UN relief chief
Source: UN News Service Country: Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, WorldUN-coordinated response plans remain severely underfunded as the number of those needing humanitarian assistance is at its highest since the end of the Second World War.2 October 2017 – The number of those needing humanitarian assistance is at its ...
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UN chief urges full access for aid, safe return of displaced Rohingya, end to military operations
Source: UN Security Council Country: Bangladesh, Myanmar“The situation has spiralled into the world’s fastest-developing refugee emergency and a humanitarian and human rights nightmare,” said António Guterres.SC/13012 Security Council 8060th Meeting (PM) National Security Adviser Refutes Ethnic Cleansing Claims as Unfounded; Bangladesh Representative Says Record Influx of Refugees ‘Untenable’ Amid an escalating crisis in northern Rakhine ...
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Updated (4): At least 50 killed, 200 injured as gunman opens fire at Las Vegas concert
A gunman perched high on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino unleashed a shower of bullets down on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 200 as tens of thousands of frantic concert-goers screamed and ran for their lives, ...
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Encouraging signs
The elected government of Myanmar deserves credit for improving fundamentals such as the rule of law and tackling corruption, but many challenges remain and some shortcomings are becoming more apparent as economic development progresses, say business executives.
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Boris Johnson 'caught on camera quoting Kipling poem in Burmese temple'
Britain's foreign secretary Boris Johnson has reportedly been caught on camera part-reciting a colonial poem in a Burmese temple before being stopped by an ambassador. Mr Johnson was said to have begun quoting the opening lines of Mandalay during a visit to the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, the capital of Burma. The ...
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Portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi 'taken down by Oxford University College'
A portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi has been removed from the Oxford college where she studied, it is reported. The state counsellor of Burma studied at St Hugh's College between 1964 and 1967, earning a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. The Swan student newspaper reported the painting was taken down ...
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After Israeli ruling on arms sales to Myanmar, Nikki Haley demands weapons curb
In first, U.S. calls for punishment of military leaders behind Rohingya repression
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Israel's top court just ruled about arms sales to Myanmar. But we're not allowed to tell you the verdict
Israeli court decision must remain secret after judges issued a gag order on the case at the request of the state
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High Court to make secret ruling on Israeli arms sales to Myanmar
UN declared Myanmar engaged in 'textbook ethnic cleansing' ■ Ignoring EU, U.S. embargo, Israel is only Western country selling it arms ■ Activists demand halt of sales
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High Court to hide its decision on Israel arms sales to Myanmar
The debate at Tuesday’s hearing centered on whether the court had the authority to intervene in the area of arms sales – usually regarded as a national security and foreign affairs issue.
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Israel refuses to stop arms sales to Myanmar, despite its campaign of rape, torture and massacres against the Rohingya
The state's lawyer tells the High Court that it shouldn't interfere in Israel's foreign relations
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‘Will you let Israel help Myanmar commit war crimes?’
The High Court of Justice heard oral arguments about whether the state must halt arms sales to Myanmar.
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Israel won't tell court if it will stop selling weapons to Myanmar
The state's lawyer tells the High Court that it shouldn't interfere in Israel's foreign relations
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Rabbis call on gov’t to halt arms sales to Myanmar
More than 400,000 people from the Rohingya Muslim minority have fled Rakhine to Bangladesh since late August, religous leaders say now is the time to "shun evil".
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UN, businesses to expand cooperation on crises
Source: UN Development Programme Country: WorldPartners of the Connecting Business initiative (CBi), launched in 2016 at the World Humanitarian Summit, gathered on Tuesday to discuss crisis preparedness, response, and recovery.New York — United Nations aid and development chiefs, government officials, and business leaders today pledged to expand cooperation in preparing for ...
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WHO launches high-impact health response in Cox’s Bazar
Source: World Health Organization Country: Bangladesh, MyanmarResources to help provide safe water, sanitation and hygiene have been mobilized and a mass measles, rubella and polio immunization campaign has been carried out for 150,000 children.Trauma. Childbirth. Anxiety. Disease. These are some of the priority health needs of the more than 420,000 vulnerable people ...
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Ajinomoto returns to Myanmar with ingredient from Thailand
YANGON: Japanese seasoning and food maker Ajinomoto Co has restarted sales of its namesake seasoning in Myanmar through a local subsidiary, aiming to cater to growing demand after suspending business in the country in 2000.