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500 Rohingya from Myanmar land in Indonesia

May 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Margie Mason and Robin McDowell Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)  — Boats carrying more than 500 members of Myanmar’s long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim community washed ashore in western Indonesia on Sunday, with some people in need of medical attention, officials and a nonprofit organization said. They warned that thousands more are believed to be stranded […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Ali Kotarumalos, Arakan Project, Associated Press, Chris Lewa, Indonesia, JAKARTA, Malacca Straits, Malaysia, Muhammad Juned, Myanmar, North Korea, Rashid Ahmed, Risky Hidayat, Steve Hamilton, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam War, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22, attention

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