'Panic' grips Rohingya as Myanmar army battles Buddhist rebels

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''Frequent clashes between Myanmar security forces and Buddhist rebels in Rakhine state have spread alarm among thousands of Rohingya refugees living in no-man's-land on the country's border with Bangladesh, as concerns grow over the intensified fighting. More than 730,000 members of the mostly Muslim minority have fled Myanmar to escape a brutal military-led crackdown that started in 2017. Most of the Rohingya have taken shelter in sprawling refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh but some have been living in limbo on the border, unwilling to enter the settlements or return home...''

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Aljazeera

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2019-01-09

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2019-01-09

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  • Individual Documents

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    • Myanmar

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Myanmar

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English

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text and video

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    • Good