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Boats with Dying Rohingya Refugees Rejected From Bangladesh Shoreline

Refugees prohibited from landing at either border; Maungdaw or Shapardip. They are facing starvation.

(YANGON, Myanmar) - After floating for 3 consecutive days, Rohingya boat people finally attempted to land near Shamapura Island of Bangladesh.

But the Bangladeshi border security forces blocked them from landing on their soil.

Kyaukpro Mosque Burnt Down by Buddhists in Burma

Muslim association in Yangon announces they will not observe Eid-ul-Azha in protest of killing and torching Rohingyas and their houses

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - I just learned that yesterday, the Rakhines torched the historic Mosque (Biggest of Kyaukpro) and most of the parts of it burnt down.

The Rakhines tried to torch Muslim houses in Kyaukpro, but in vain due to the intervention of the army. A tense situation continues to prevail in Kyaukpro.

Police Order Rohingya Refugees to Leave Jammu

Now as the refugees are facing expulsion from here too, things are getting worse for these 'citizens of nowhere' to survive.

(JAMMU Kashmir Watch) - Caught in between the 'Devil and Deep Blue Sea', Rhongiyas in Jammu, facing the wrath in exile are dumbfounded by police threats to vacate the area they stay in.

Rhongiyas have been directed by the police to immediately vacate areas in Jammu city like the Railway route, opposite Jammu University.

Arakan`s Buthidaung Jail Becomes Secret Rohingya Killing Center

Visit of International and Myanmar Investigation teams to this jail is a clarion call of Muslim Rohingyas.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - The death of a Buddhist woman, Ma Thida Twe, Tongup in last May, 2012 brought peril for the vulnerable Muslim Rohingyas living in Burma's Arakan state.

As a result of the ensuing violence, displaced Rohingya refugees are living in unhealthy tents mostly in Sittwe, facing starvation and falling sick due to inadequate food supply and lack of treatment and medicines.

UNHCR Alarmed at Fragile Security Situation in Burma`s Rakhine State

The number of people estimated to have been affected by the violence continues to grow, with latest unofficial estimates close to 90,000, including those displaced and those too frightened to leave their homes.

(GENEVA) - We are very concerned about reports we are receiving concerning the tense and fragile security situation in the areas affected by the recent violence in Rakhine State.

Even though the situation appears calm, we are still getting reports of violence and new displacements.

Breaking News Rohingya Historic National Jame-Mosque in Sittwe (Akyab) Now Burning

Attack on religious building was reported via telephone.

(WASHINGTON DC) - We have just have learnt from reliable source that the Buddhist Rakhine Buddhists today torched the Rohingya Historic National Jame-Mosque (built more than 150 years ago) and it is now burning.

Also some Muslim houses near the Mosque are burning due to spreading fire.

Who Holds Real Power in Myanmar?

No Buddhist leader except Dalai Lama condemned the violence of Rakhine Buddhists.

(SITTWE AKYAB, Myanmar) - It has been early four months after the bloodiest clashes between Myanmar's ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and stateless Rohingya Muslims.

Rakhine can move freely, can do their jobs as usual, nearly one million Rohingya have effectively been confined to a series of rural displaced camps and in detention.

U.S. Ignores Burma`s Ethnic Cleansing, Now Bangladesh Sees Retaliation

As the U.S. cuts deals, Suu Kyi accepts rewards and President Thein Sein is pardoned for his past crimes; the conflict continues to burn homes and claim lives and now it has crossed an international border.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Ethnic tension has consumed Burma in recent weeks and now the problems are spilling over in a retaliatory fashion, into Bangladesh.

It all began over the reported rape of a Buddhist woman in Burma, a long closed pariah state which the Buddhist government renamed Myanmar. Almost immediately after that happened, a bus carrying Muslim men in Burma was pulled over, and the passengers murdered in open daylight.

OIC Organizing Donors Meeting for Burma`s Rakhine State

About 46 per cent of the displaced people are children.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC ) and Qatar Charity are organizing a meeting with about 30 regional and international organisations to coordinate humanitarian services to Rakhine State in Burma, the Gulf Times reported on Wednesday.

The event follows the first consultative meeting held in Kuala Lumpur earlier last month.

PAKISTAN: News Propaganda Against Hina Rabbani Khar

"Mr. Gomes must be appreciated on taking a principled stand , exposing Such mischief makers. Hats off to you Mr.Gomes" - S.M.K Durrani

(SALEM) - The recent series of news articles about a s-called love affair between Pakistani foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar and co-chairman of Pakistan People's Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari by Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury is perfect example of propaganda covertly packaged as credible news without sufficient transparency concerning the news item's source.

The motivation behind its release is very defamatory.