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Myanmar leader Suu Kyi explains why she didn't name 'Rohingyas' in state a
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], September 20 (ANI): When Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi broke her silence over the Rohingya refugee issue and delivered a State of the Union address at Naypyitaw on Tuesday morning, she refrained from referring to the Muslim minority as 'Rohingyas', inviting t
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Stop military operations, grant citizenship to Rohingya: UN chief
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 20 (ANI): UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on Myanmar to put an end to its military campaign against Rohingya Muslims just hours after the country's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi addressed the nation on the situation in Rakhine state.
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India will not take Rohingya refugees; they are a security threat: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said that India will not take any Rohingya refugees as they pose a security threat to the nation, adding that the pressure is mounting on Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi to take back refugees migra
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Congress looks forward to Myanmar leader Suu Kyi's further role in Rohingy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): The Congress on Wednesday said that the silence of Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi on the Rohingya issue had disappointed many people, but now everbody is looking forward for her further role in the further developments in the matter.
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ISI plans to establish Rohingyas in India
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 19 (ANI): In new window Rohingya refugees are contemplating to shift from Bangladesh to India in the near future and a large scale infiltration of Rohingyas is feared, according to intelligence sources. North East India and West Bengal already have large population of
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India asserts situation in Rakhine State be handled with restraint, focuss
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 19 (ANI): India on Tuesday said that the situation in the Rakhine state should be handled with restraint, focussing on the welfare of the civilian population, at the 36th Session of the United States Human Rights Council.
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Right time to speak, but she failed to provide solutions: Myanmar journo o
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], September 19 (ANI): Senior Myanmar journalist Mratt Kyaw Thu has said that it was the right time for Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi to speak on the Rohingya issue and their unprecedented exodus to Bangladesh, but she "failed to provide solutions to the problem
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Suu Kyi's address on Rohingyas encouraging, contained positive message: In
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], September 19 (ANI): The Ambassador of India to Myanmar, Vikram Misri, on Tuesday said that Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi's State of the Union address on the Rohingya issue was encouraging and contained a very positive message.
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UNICEF deputy representative hails Suu Kyi for inviting UN collaboration t
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], September 19 (ANI): The UNICEF Deputy Representative, Paul Edwards, on Tuesday hailed Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi's statement welcoming the collaboration with United Nations to resolve the Rohingya crisis and said that it is start of a new period.
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Myanmar to start verification process for Rohingya refugees who wish to re
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], September 19 (ANI): Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday said the country would soon begin a verification process for the return of Rohingya refugees, who had fled the western Rakhine state, in a bid to aid those who wish to return.
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Myanmar's leader Suu Kyi addresses nation over Rohingya crisis, says govt.
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], September 19 (ANI): Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi has broken her silence on the Rohingya crisis in the country and has said that the government does not fear scrutiny by the international community, even as more than 4,00,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from t
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Cong. skips question on Omar's tweet on Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 19 (ANI): Former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid refused to give any comment on ex- Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah's tweet on Rohingyas issue.
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