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Bangladesh Keeps Border Shut for Myanmar Rohingyas

Ignoring international appeals, Bangladesh is holding to its decision to bar Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing Myanmar by boat after new sectarian violence broke out in the Buddhist-majority country. As a military lockdown in northwestern Myanmar's Rakhine state stretches into a second month,  hundreds of Rohingya people have sought to illegally cross over to neighboring Bangladesh. The United Nations last week said 30,000 people, mostly Muslim Rohingya, have been displaced and...


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