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Boat Carrying Rohingya Muslims Lands in Indonesia's Sumatra Island

A boat carrying 20 men believed to be Rohingya Muslims has landed on Indonesia's Sumatra island, the latest in a growing wave attempting to flee persecution in Myanmar.  Myanmar authorities have recently been stopping scores of boats filled with Rohingya migrants attempting to sail to Malaysia. The detained Rohingyas were fleeing cramped refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh, where over 700,000 of them have been huddled after escaping a brutal military crackdown launched last...


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