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Rohingya Refugees Welcome UN Team In Bangladesh

2019-02-22T19:40:48Z

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Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have gathered at a camp in Bangladesh to welcome a UNteam that is getting a first-hand look at the plight of refugees who have fled military-led violence in [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ burma adventure tour]. The refugees at the Kutupalong camp carried placards, some of which read �We want justice�. Some 700,000 refugees are seeking UN protection to return home. Members of the UN Security Council team visiting Bangladesh (AM Ahad/AP) #HappeningNow UN Security Council arrives in Cox's Bazar to bear witness to the Rohingya refugee crisis. This is an historic visit. Welcome Excellencies pic.twitter.com/33NNuMKkZv - Mia Seppo (@MiaSeppo) April 28, 2018 The UN team plans to meet some of them, including victims of rape and torture, before continuing to Burma after concluding its three-day visit on Monday. Representatives from the five permanent Security Council members - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States - and 10 non-permanent member states have joined the delegation in the coastal town of Cox�s Bazaar, where the camps are located. The recent violence in Burma began when Rohingya insurgents staged a series of attacks on August 25 on about 30 security outposts and other targets. In a subsequent crackdown described by UN and US officials as �ethnic cleansing�, Burma security forces have been accused of rape, killing, torture and the burning of Rohingya homes. Thousands are believed to have been killed. Desperate Rohingya refugees have been rejecting Burma�s proposed ID cards, called the national verification cards, saying they want citizenship - something they�ve been denied by the government in the Buddhist majority nation. Burma authorities consider Rohingya to be Bengali immigrants from Bangladesh, and are even refraining from using the word �Rohingya�, even though the protesting refugees said on Sunday they belong to Burma where they have been living for centuries. �We are not Bengali, we are Rohingya. They have killed me family members, they tortured us, they will kill us again,� Mohammed Tayab said, standing in front of a tent where he was expecting to meet the UN team. Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are building waterproof shelters that can resist strong winds. You contribution can help Rohingya families to survive the monsoon season: website pic.twitter.com/yXBzAQHQdR - UN [http://www.Thetimes.Co.uk/tto/public/sitesearch.do?querystring=Refugee%20Agency Refugee Agency] (@Refugees) April 28, 2018 He said he was shot by Myanmar troops in his right leg and was using a crutch. �I am here to talk to them, we want justice from them,� he said. Mr Tayab, 29, said he lost one brother, an uncle and a nephew after Burma soldiers shot them dead. The UN refugee agency and Bangladesh recently finalised a memorandum of understanding that said the repatriation process must be �safe, voluntary and dignified � in line with international standards�. Advertisement

Today In History May 3

2019-02-22T19:40:34Z

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HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY ON THIS DATE 1494 - Columbus discovers Jamaica. 1660 - Peace of Olivia is signed, ending war between Brandenburg, Poland, Austria and Sweden. 1791 - Polish Parliament approves Europe's first modern constitution. 1814 - France's King Louis XVIII returns to Paris after allied forces defeat Napoleon Bonaparte. 1841 - New Zealand is formally proclaimed a British colony. 1859 - France declares war on Austria. 1898 - Bread riots erupt in Milan, Italy and are crushed with heavy loss of life. 1916 - Irish nationalist Padraic Pearse and two others are executed by the British for their roles in the Easter Rising. 1927 - Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) formed. 1933 - Nellie Taylor is sworn in as the first female director of the US Mint. 1937 - Margaret Mitchell wins a Pulitzer Prize for her novel Gone with the Wind. 1945 - Allied troops enter Hamburg, Germany, in World War II; Indian forces capture Rangoon, Burma, from the Japanese. 1947 - Japan's new postwar Constitution, reflecting the policies of Allied occupiers, takes effect. 1948 - The US Supreme Court rules that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable. 1963 - Government crisis in Syria threatens recently agreed-upon union of Syria, Iraq and United Arab Republic. 1970 - Queen officially opens the new international terminal at Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport. 1971 - Anti-war protesters calling themselves the Mayday Tribe begin four days of demonstrations in Washington, DC, aimed at shutting down the nation's capital. 1972 - Turkish guerillas hijack Turkish plane and land in Sofia, Bulgaria. 1979 - Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister. 1983 - Farmer Cliff Young, 61, wins 875km Sydney-Melbourne foot race in five days, 14 hours. 1985 - Lebanese Christians protesting against sectarian fighting in their country occupy their diplomatic missions in Australia, Argentina and Sweden. 1988 - The White House acknowledges that first lady Nancy Reagan used astrological advice to help schedule her husband's activities. 1994 - Civil war erupts in Yemen. 1995 - Large cache of ammunition and weapons is found in Canberra belonging to a group of right-wing extremists within the Australian Defence Force. 1996 - Warlord Roosevelt Johnson is secretly carried out of Monrovia, Liberia, and to neighbouring Freetown, Sierra Leone, aboard a US helicopter. 1997 - The rebels of the Guatemalan Revolutionary Unit surrender the last of their weapons to the government, marking the end of one of Latin America's most drawn-out wars. 2000 - Four hostages held by Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines are killed when government troops stumble upon the group. 2001 - Ronnie Biggs, fugitive robber of Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery" says he is ready to return home to face justice after three decades of exile in Brazil. 2003 - James Miller, British freelance journalist and producer of International award [http://www.Thefashionablehousewife.com/?s=winning winning] documentaries, Beneath the Veil, and Innocents Lost, is shot and killed by Israeli military tank in the Gaza Strip. 2004 - The US military reprimands seven officers in the alleged abuse of inmates at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, the first known punishments in the case. 2006 - An Armenian airliner carrying 113 people tumbles into the Black Sea harbour of the Russian resort of Sochi. 2007 - At least 21 workers - most of them foreigners - are kidnapped in separate attacks in Nigeria's oil-rice delta region, leaving a Nigerian soldier dead. 2008 - Cyclone Nargis strikes [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ myanmar adventure tour], killing at least 78,000 and leaving 56,000 others missing. 2011 - An international assessment says the ice of Greenland and the rest of the Arctic is melting faster than expected and could help raise global sea levels by as much as 1.5 metres this century, dramatically higher than earlier projections. 2014 - US Secretary of State John Kerry presses Russia to stop backing separatists in eastern Ukraine after the pro-Russian insurgents release seven European military observers. 2015 - Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting. 2017 - An explosion at a coalmine in northeastern Iran kills 35, and injures 70. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Nicolo Machiavelli, Italian political philosopher (1469-1527); William Broome, English scholar-poet (1689-1745); Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, one of the founders of Qantas (1879-1950); Golda Meir, Israeli statesman (1898-1978); William Inge, US playwright (1913-1973); Betty Comden, US [http://www.fool.com/search/solr.aspx?q=songwriter-entertainer songwriter-entertainer] (1919-2006); Pete Seeger, US folk singer (1919-2014); Sugar Ray Robinson, US boxer (1920-1989); James Brown, US soul musician (1933-2006); Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons) (1934-); Tim Fischer, former Australian deputy prime minister (1946-); Christopher Cross, US singer (1951-); David Hookes, Australian cricketer (1955-2004); Ben Elton, British comedian and author (1959-); Christina Hendricks, American actress (1975-) THOUGHT FOR TODAY If you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman - Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister. 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Today In History May 3

2019-02-22T19:40:11Z

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TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Nicolo Machiavelli, Italian political philosopher (1469-1527); William Broome, English scholar-poet (1689-1745); Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, one of the founders of Qantas (1879-1950); Golda Meir, Israeli statesman (1898-1978); William Inge, US playwright (1913-1973); Betty Comden, US songwriter-entertainer (1919-2006); Pete Seeger, US folk singer (1919-2014); Sugar Ray Robinson, US boxer (1920-1989); James Brown, US soul musician (1933-2006); Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons) (1934-); Tim Fischer, former Australian deputy prime minister (1946-); Christopher Cross, US singer (1951-); David Hookes, Australian cricketer (1955-2004); Ben Elton, British comedian and author (1959-); Christina Hendricks, American actress (1975-) THOUGHT FOR TODAY If you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman - Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister. Advertisement

Can You Smoke Kratom

2019-02-22T19:39:51Z

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Today In History May 3

2019-02-22T19:39:40Z

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HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY ON THIS DATE 1494 - Columbus discovers Jamaica. 1660 - Peace of Olivia is signed, ending war between Brandenburg, Poland, Austria and Sweden. 1791 - Polish Parliament approves Europe's first modern constitution. 1814 - France's King Louis XVIII returns to Paris after allied forces defeat Napoleon Bonaparte. 1841 - New Zealand is formally proclaimed a British colony. 1859 - France declares war on Austria. 1898 - Bread riots erupt in Milan, Italy and are crushed with heavy loss of life. 1916 - Irish nationalist Padraic Pearse and two others are executed by the British for their roles in the Easter Rising. 1927 - Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) formed. 1933 - Nellie Taylor is sworn in as the first female director of the US Mint. 1937 - Margaret Mitchell wins a Pulitzer Prize for her novel Gone with the Wind. 1945 - Allied troops enter Hamburg, Germany, in World War II; Indian forces capture Rangoon, [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ burma adventure tour], from the Japanese. 1947 - Japan's new postwar Constitution, reflecting the policies of Allied occupiers, takes effect. 1948 - The US Supreme Court rules that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable. 1963 - Government crisis in Syria threatens recently agreed-upon union of Syria, Iraq and United Arab Republic. 1970 - Queen officially opens the new international terminal at Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport. 1971 - Anti-war protesters calling themselves the Mayday Tribe begin four days of demonstrations in Washington, DC, aimed at shutting down the nation's capital. 1972 - Turkish guerillas hijack Turkish plane and land in Sofia, Bulgaria. 1979 - Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister. 1983 - Farmer Cliff Young, 61, wins 875km Sydney-Melbourne foot race in five days, 14 hours. 1985 - Lebanese Christians protesting against sectarian fighting in their country occupy their diplomatic missions in Australia, Argentina and Sweden. 1988 - The White House acknowledges that first lady Nancy Reagan used astrological advice to help schedule her husband's activities. 1994 - Civil war erupts in Yemen. 1995 - Large cache of ammunition and weapons is found in Canberra belonging to a group of right-wing extremists within the Australian Defence Force. 1996 - Warlord Roosevelt Johnson is secretly carried out of Monrovia, Liberia, and to neighbouring Freetown, Sierra Leone, aboard a US helicopter. 1997 - The rebels of the Guatemalan Revolutionary Unit surrender the last of their weapons to the government, marking the end of one of Latin America's most drawn-out wars. 2000 - Four hostages held by Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines are killed when government troops stumble upon the group. 2001 - Ronnie Biggs, fugitive robber of Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery" says he is ready to return home to face justice after three decades of exile in Brazil. 2003 - James Miller, British freelance journalist and producer of International award winning documentaries, Beneath the Veil, and Innocents Lost, is shot and killed by Israeli military tank in the Gaza Strip. 2004 - The US military reprimands seven officers in the alleged abuse of inmates at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, the first known punishments in the case. 2006 - An Armenian airliner carrying 113 people tumbles into the Black Sea harbour of the Russian resort of Sochi. 2007 - At least 21 workers - most of them foreigners - are kidnapped in separate attacks in Nigeria's oil-rice delta region, leaving a Nigerian soldier dead. 2008 - Cyclone Nargis strikes Myanmar, killing at least 78,000 and leaving 56,000 others missing. 2011 - An international assessment says the ice of Greenland and the rest of the Arctic is melting faster than expected and could help raise global sea levels by as much as 1.5 metres this century, dramatically higher than earlier projections. 2014 - US Secretary of State John Kerry presses Russia to stop backing separatists in eastern Ukraine after the pro-Russian insurgents release seven European military observers. 2015 - Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting. 2017 - An explosion at a coalmine in northeastern Iran kills 35, and injures 70. 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Today In History May 3

2019-02-22T19:39:09Z

LachlanLemmons:

HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY ON THIS DATE 1494 - Columbus discovers Jamaica. 1660 - Peace of Olivia is signed, ending war between Brandenburg, Poland, Austria and Sweden. 1791 - Polish Parliament approves Europe's first modern constitution. 1814 - France's King Louis XVIII returns to Paris after allied forces defeat Napoleon Bonaparte. 1841 - New Zealand is formally proclaimed a British colony. 1859 - France declares war on Austria. 1898 - Bread riots erupt in Milan, Italy and are crushed with heavy loss of life. 1916 - Irish nationalist Padraic Pearse and two others are executed by the British for their roles in the Easter Rising. 1927 - Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) formed. 1933 - Nellie Taylor is sworn in as the first female director of the US Mint. 1937 - Margaret Mitchell wins a Pulitzer Prize for her novel Gone with the Wind. 1945 - Allied troops enter Hamburg, Germany, in World War II; Indian forces capture Rangoon, [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ burma adventure tour], from the Japanese. 1947 - Japan's new postwar Constitution, reflecting the policies of Allied occupiers, takes effect. 1948 - The US Supreme Court rules that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable. 1963 - Government crisis in Syria threatens recently agreed-upon union of Syria, Iraq and United Arab Republic. 1970 - Queen officially opens the new international terminal at Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport. 1971 - Anti-war protesters calling themselves the Mayday Tribe begin four days of demonstrations in Washington, DC, aimed at shutting down the nation's capital. 1972 - Turkish guerillas hijack Turkish plane and land in Sofia, Bulgaria. 1979 - Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister. 1983 - Farmer Cliff Young, 61, wins 875km Sydney-Melbourne foot race in five days, 14 hours. 1985 - Lebanese Christians protesting against sectarian fighting in their country occupy their diplomatic missions in Australia, Argentina and Sweden. 1988 - The White House acknowledges that first lady Nancy Reagan used astrological advice to help schedule her husband's activities. 1994 - Civil war erupts in Yemen. 1995 - Large cache of ammunition and weapons is found in Canberra belonging to a group of right-wing extremists within the Australian Defence Force. 1996 - Warlord Roosevelt Johnson is secretly carried out of Monrovia, Liberia, and to neighbouring Freetown, Sierra Leone, aboard a US helicopter. 1997 - The rebels of the Guatemalan Revolutionary Unit surrender the last of their weapons to the government, marking the end of one of Latin America's most drawn-out wars. 2000 - Four hostages held by Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines are killed when government troops stumble upon the group. 2001 - Ronnie Biggs, fugitive robber of Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery" says he is ready to return home to face justice after three decades of exile in Brazil. 2003 - James Miller, British freelance journalist and producer of International award winning documentaries, Beneath the Veil, and Innocents Lost, is shot and killed by Israeli military tank in the Gaza Strip. 2004 - The US military reprimands seven officers in the alleged abuse of inmates at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, the first known punishments in the case. 2006 - An Armenian airliner carrying 113 people tumbles into the Black Sea harbour of the Russian resort of Sochi. 2007 - At least 21 workers - most of them foreigners - are kidnapped in separate attacks in Nigeria's oil-rice delta region, leaving a Nigerian soldier dead. 2008 - Cyclone Nargis strikes Myanmar, killing at least 78,000 and leaving 56,000 others missing. 2011 - An international assessment says the ice of Greenland and the rest of the Arctic is melting faster than expected and could help raise global sea levels by as much as 1.5 metres this century, dramatically higher than earlier projections. 2014 - US Secretary of State John Kerry presses Russia to stop backing separatists in eastern Ukraine after the pro-Russian insurgents release seven European military observers. 2015 - Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting. 2017 - An explosion at a coalmine in northeastern Iran kills 35, and injures 70. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Nicolo Machiavelli, Italian political philosopher (1469-1527); William Broome, English scholar-poet (1689-1745); Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, one of the founders of Qantas (1879-1950); Golda Meir, Israeli statesman (1898-1978); [http://news.Sky.com/search?term=William William] Inge, US playwright (1913-1973); Betty Comden, US songwriter-entertainer (1919-2006); Pete Seeger, US folk singer (1919-2014); Sugar Ray Robinson, US boxer (1920-1989); James Brown, US soul musician (1933-2006); Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons) (1934-); Tim Fischer, former Australian deputy prime minister (1946-); Christopher Cross, US singer (1951-); David Hookes, Australian cricketer (1955-2004); Ben Elton, British comedian and author (1959-); Christina Hendricks, American actress (1975-) THOUGHT FOR TODAY If you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman - Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister. Advertisement

Today In History May 3

2019-02-22T19:38:46Z

LachlanLemmons:

HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY ON THIS DATE 1494 - Columbus discovers Jamaica. 1660 - Peace of Olivia is signed, ending war between Brandenburg, Poland, Austria and Sweden. 1791 - Polish Parliament approves Europe's first modern constitution. 1814 - France's King Louis XVIII returns to Paris after allied forces defeat Napoleon Bonaparte. 1841 - New Zealand is formally proclaimed a British colony. 1859 - France declares war on Austria. 1898 - Bread riots erupt in Milan, Italy and are crushed with heavy loss of life. 1916 - Irish nationalist Padraic Pearse and two others are executed by the British for their roles in the Easter Rising. 1927 - Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) formed. 1933 - Nellie Taylor is sworn in as the first female director of the US Mint. 1937 - Margaret Mitchell wins a Pulitzer Prize for her novel Gone with the Wind. 1945 - Allied troops enter Hamburg, Germany, in World War II; Indian forces capture Rangoon, [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ burma adventure tours], from the Japanese. 1947 - Japan's new postwar Constitution, reflecting the policies of Allied occupiers, takes effect. 1948 - The US Supreme Court rules that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable. 1963 - Government crisis in Syria threatens recently agreed-upon union of Syria, Iraq and United Arab Republic. 1970 - Queen officially opens the new international terminal at Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport. 1971 - Anti-war protesters calling themselves the Mayday Tribe begin four days of demonstrations in Washington, DC, aimed at shutting down the nation's capital. 1972 - Turkish guerillas hijack Turkish plane and land in Sofia, Bulgaria. 1979 - Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister. 1983 - Farmer Cliff Young, 61, wins 875km Sydney-Melbourne foot race in five days, 14 hours. 1985 - Lebanese Christians protesting against sectarian fighting in their country occupy their diplomatic missions in Australia, Argentina and Sweden. 1988 - The White House acknowledges that first lady Nancy Reagan used astrological advice to help schedule her husband's activities. 1994 - Civil war erupts in Yemen. 1995 - Large cache of ammunition and weapons is found in Canberra belonging to a group of right-wing extremists within the Australian Defence Force. 1996 - Warlord Roosevelt Johnson is secretly carried out of Monrovia, Liberia, and to neighbouring Freetown, Sierra Leone, aboard a US helicopter. 1997 - The rebels of the Guatemalan Revolutionary Unit surrender the last of their weapons to the government, marking the end of one of Latin America's most drawn-out wars. 2000 - Four hostages held by Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines are killed when government troops stumble upon the group. 2001 - Ronnie Biggs, fugitive robber of Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery" says he is ready to return home to face justice after three decades of exile in Brazil. 2003 - James Miller, British freelance journalist and producer of International award winning documentaries, Beneath the Veil, and Innocents Lost, is shot and killed by Israeli military tank in the Gaza Strip. 2004 - The US military reprimands seven officers in the alleged abuse of inmates at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, the first known punishments in the case. 2006 - An Armenian airliner carrying 113 people tumbles into the Black Sea harbour of the Russian resort of Sochi. 2007 - At least 21 workers - most of them foreigners - are kidnapped in separate attacks in Nigeria's oil-rice delta region, leaving a Nigerian soldier dead. 2008 - Cyclone Nargis strikes Myanmar, killing at least 78,000 and leaving 56,000 others missing. 2011 - An international assessment says the ice of Greenland and the rest of the Arctic is melting faster than expected and could help raise global sea levels by as much as 1.5 metres this century, dramatically higher than earlier projections. 2014 - US [http://Mommysavers.com/?s=Secretary Secretary] of State John Kerry presses Russia to stop backing separatists in eastern Ukraine after the pro-Russian insurgents release seven European military observers. 2015 - Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting. 2017 - An explosion at a coalmine in northeastern Iran kills 35, and injures 70. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Nicolo Machiavelli, Italian political philosopher (1469-1527); William Broome, English scholar-poet (1689-1745); Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, one of the founders of Qantas (1879-1950); Golda Meir, Israeli statesman (1898-1978); William Inge, US playwright (1913-1973); Betty Comden, US songwriter-entertainer (1919-2006); Pete Seeger, US folk singer (1919-2014); Sugar Ray Robinson, US boxer (1920-1989); James Brown, US soul musician (1933-2006); Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons) (1934-); Tim Fischer, former Australian deputy prime minister (1946-); Christopher Cross, US singer (1951-); David Hookes, Australian cricketer (1955-2004); Ben Elton, British comedian and author (1959-); Christina Hendricks, American actress (1975-) THOUGHT FOR TODAY If you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman - Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister. Advertisement

Today In History May 3

2019-02-22T19:38:33Z

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Today In History May 3

2019-02-22T19:37:10Z

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Rohingya Refugees Welcome UN Team In Bangladesh

2019-02-22T19:36:47Z

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Today In History May 3

2019-02-22T19:36:33Z

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Aung San Suu Kyi Meets UN Team Investigating Rohingya Crisis

2019-02-22T19:36:04Z

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Members of a UN Security Council team probing Burma�s crisis over its ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority have met Aung San Suu Kyi and her military chief. The 15-member UN delegation had flown in from Bangladesh, where some 700,000 Rohingya who fled military-led violence live in refugee camps. The group, including Security Council president Gustavo Meza-Cuadra and Britain�s UN ambassador Karen Pierce, held talks with Ms Suu Kyi and senior general Min Aung Hlaing. Aung San Suu Kyi met with the UN team as they arrived in Burma (PA) On Tuesday they will travel to Rakhine state, the area from which the Rohingya fled. They are expected to see the aftermath of the army�s crackdown there as well as the government�s preparations for taking back the refugees from Bangladesh. �The ministers will discuss in detail the repatriation of the refugees agreed by the two countries and resettlement plans for the returnees,� foreign affairs permanent secretary Myint Thu said. He added that the UN delegates would be taken to refugee reception centres as well as villages in northern Rakhine. Security Council President Gustavo Meza-Cuadra arrives at Naypyitaw International Airport in Burma (Aung Shine Oo/AP) The army launched counter-insurgency sweeps in Rakhine after attacks last August on security personnel. The military has been accused of massive human rights violations - including rape, killing, torture and the burning of Rohingya homes - that UN and US officials have called ethnic cleansing. Burma�s government agreed to allow the delegates to visit after previously rejecting UN requests for a trip by a specially appointed independent fact-finding committee. Ms Pierce - a member of the visiting delegation - said after the group�s visit to the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh over the weekend that the Security Council would continue to work on enabling the refugees to return to Burma, but that the Rohingya must be allowed to return under safe conditions. #Bangladesh, with #UN and NGO support, has saved thousands of #Rohingya lives. The international community must stand firm and united in support of Bangladesh to face risks of upcoming monsoon season and provide Rohingya refugees with education and livelihood opportunities. pic.twitter.com/bkbcXp5Q6n - Karen Pierce (@KarenPierceUN) April 29, 2018 Thousands of refugees gathered amid scorching heat at the camp to welcome the delegation. They carried placards, some of which read �We want justice�. Bangladesh and [http://bordersalertandready.com/?s=Burma%20agreed&search=Search Burma agreed] in December to begin repatriating the refugees in January, but there were concerns among aid workers and Rohingya that they would be forced to return and face unsafe conditions in [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ myanmar adventure tour]. Rohingya Muslims have long been treated as outsiders in Burma, even though many of their families have lived in the country for generations. Work underway to pave main arterial road cutting through the largest Rohingya refugee settlement in Cox�s Bazar in Bangladesh which houses more than 570,000 @Refugees. All the food. shelter, basic assistance, needs to come through this main artery. website pic.twitter.com/z4lrvJNLwO - UNHCR in Bangladesh (@UNHCR_BGD) April 27, 2018 Nearly all have been denied citizenship since 1982, effectively rendering them stateless. They are denied freedom of movement and other basic rights. Advertisement

Travel To Burma: Discover Ancient Ava

2019-02-22T19:35:06Z

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Aung San Suu Kyi Meets UN Team Investigating Rohingya Crisis

2019-02-22T19:34:34Z

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Aung San Suu Kyi Meets UN Team Investigating Rohingya Crisis

2019-02-22T19:34:23Z

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Today In History May 3

2019-02-22T19:33:54Z

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HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY ON THIS DATE 1494 - Columbus discovers Jamaica. 1660 - Peace of Olivia is signed, ending war between Brandenburg, Poland, Austria and Sweden. 1791 - Polish Parliament approves Europe's first modern constitution. 1814 - France's King Louis XVIII returns to Paris after allied forces defeat Napoleon Bonaparte. 1841 - New Zealand is formally proclaimed a British colony. 1859 - France declares war on Austria. 1898 - Bread riots erupt in Milan, Italy and are crushed with heavy loss of life. 1916 - Irish nationalist Padraic Pearse and two others are executed by the British for their roles in the Easter Rising. 1927 - Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) formed. 1933 - Nellie Taylor is sworn in as the first female director of the US Mint. 1937 - Margaret Mitchell wins a Pulitzer Prize for her novel Gone with the Wind. 1945 - Allied troops enter Hamburg, Germany, in World War II; Indian forces capture Rangoon, [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ burma adventure tours], from the Japanese. 1947 - Japan's new postwar Constitution, reflecting the policies of Allied occupiers, takes effect. 1948 - The US Supreme Court rules that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable. 1963 - Government crisis in Syria threatens recently agreed-upon union of Syria, Iraq and United Arab Republic. 1970 - Queen officially opens the new international terminal at Sydney's Kingsford [http://Www.houzz.com/?search=Smith%20Airport Smith Airport]. 1971 - Anti-war protesters calling themselves the Mayday Tribe begin four days of demonstrations in Washington, DC, aimed at shutting down the nation's capital. 1972 - Turkish guerillas hijack Turkish plane and land in Sofia, Bulgaria. 1979 - Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister. 1983 - Farmer Cliff Young, 61, wins 875km Sydney-Melbourne foot race in five days, 14 hours. 1985 - Lebanese Christians protesting against sectarian fighting in their country occupy their diplomatic missions in Australia, Argentina and Sweden. 1988 - The White House acknowledges that first lady Nancy Reagan used astrological advice to help schedule her husband's activities. 1994 - Civil war erupts in Yemen. 1995 - Large cache of ammunition and weapons is found in Canberra belonging to a group of right-wing extremists within the Australian Defence Force. 1996 - Warlord Roosevelt Johnson is secretly carried out of Monrovia, Liberia, and to neighbouring Freetown, Sierra Leone, aboard a US helicopter. 1997 - The rebels of the Guatemalan Revolutionary Unit surrender the last of their weapons to the government, marking the end of one of Latin America's most drawn-out wars. 2000 - Four hostages held by Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines are killed when government troops stumble upon the group. 2001 - Ronnie Biggs, fugitive robber of Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery" says he is ready to return home to face justice after three decades of exile in Brazil. 2003 - James Miller, British freelance journalist and producer of International award winning documentaries, Beneath the Veil, and Innocents Lost, is shot and killed by Israeli military tank in the Gaza Strip. 2004 - The US military reprimands seven officers in the alleged abuse of inmates at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, the first known punishments in the case. 2006 - An Armenian airliner carrying 113 people tumbles into the Black Sea harbour of the Russian resort of Sochi. 2007 - At least 21 workers - most of them foreigners - are kidnapped in separate attacks in Nigeria's oil-rice delta region, leaving a Nigerian soldier dead. 2008 - Cyclone Nargis strikes Myanmar, killing at least 78,000 and leaving 56,000 others missing. 2011 - An international assessment says the ice of Greenland and the rest of the Arctic is melting faster than expected and could help raise global sea levels by as much as 1.5 metres this century, dramatically higher than earlier projections. 2014 - US Secretary of State John Kerry presses Russia to stop backing separatists in eastern Ukraine after the pro-Russian insurgents release seven European military observers. 2015 - Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting. 2017 - An explosion at a coalmine in northeastern Iran kills 35, and injures 70. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Nicolo Machiavelli, Italian political philosopher (1469-1527); William Broome, English scholar-poet (1689-1745); Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, one of the founders of Qantas (1879-1950); Golda Meir, Israeli statesman (1898-1978); William Inge, US playwright (1913-1973); Betty Comden, US songwriter-entertainer (1919-2006); Pete Seeger, US folk singer (1919-2014); Sugar Ray Robinson, US boxer (1920-1989); James Brown, US soul musician (1933-2006); Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons) (1934-); Tim Fischer, former Australian deputy prime minister (1946-); Christopher Cross, US singer (1951-); David Hookes, Australian cricketer (1955-2004); Ben Elton, British comedian and author (1959-); Christina Hendricks, American actress (1975-) THOUGHT FOR TODAY If you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman - Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister. Advertisement

Rohingya Refugees Welcome UN Team In Bangladesh

2019-02-22T19:33:33Z

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Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have gathered at a camp in Bangladesh to welcome a UNteam that is getting a first-hand look at the plight of refugees who have fled military-led violence in Burma. The refugees at the Kutupalong camp carried placards, some of which read �We want justice�. Some 700,000 refugees are seeking UN protection to return home. Members of the UN Security Council team visiting Bangladesh (AM Ahad/AP) #HappeningNow UN Security Council arrives in Cox's Bazar to bear witness to the Rohingya refugee crisis. This is an historic visit. Welcome Excellencies pic.twitter.com/33NNuMKkZv - Mia Seppo (@MiaSeppo) April 28, 2018 The UN team plans to meet some of them, including victims of rape and torture, before continuing to Burma after concluding its three-day visit on Monday. Representatives from the five permanent Security Council members - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States - and 10 non-permanent member states have joined the delegation in the coastal town of Cox�s Bazaar, where the camps are located. The recent violence in Burma began when Rohingya insurgents staged a series of attacks on August 25 on about 30 security outposts and other targets. In a subsequent crackdown described by UN and US officials as �ethnic cleansing�, Burma security forces have been accused of rape, killing, torture and the burning of Rohingya homes. Thousands are believed to have been killed. Desperate Rohingya refugees have been rejecting Burma�s proposed ID cards, called the national verification cards, saying they want citizenship - something they�ve been denied by the government in the Buddhist majority nation. Burma authorities consider Rohingya to be Bengali immigrants from Bangladesh, and are even refraining from using the word �Rohingya�, even though the protesting refugees said on Sunday they belong to Burma where they have been living for centuries. �We are not Bengali, we are Rohingya. They have killed me family members, they tortured us, they will kill us again,� Mohammed Tayab said, standing in front of a tent where he was expecting to meet the UN team. Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are building waterproof shelters that can resist strong winds. You contribution can help Rohingya families to survive the monsoon season: [http://www.Sharkbayte.com/keyword/website%20pic website pic].twitter.com/yXBzAQHQdR - UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) April 28, 2018 He said he was shot by [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ myanmar adventure tour] troops in his right leg and was using a crutch. �I am here to talk to them, we want justice from them,� he said. Mr Tayab, 29, said he lost one brother, an uncle and a nephew after Burma soldiers shot them dead. The UN refugee agency and Bangladesh recently finalised a memorandum of understanding that said the repatriation process must be �safe, voluntary and dignified � in line with international standards�. Advertisement

Can You Smoke Kratom

2019-02-22T19:33:21Z

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2019-02-22T19:32:54Z

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2019-02-22T19:32:36Z

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Rohingya Refugees Welcome UN Team In Bangladesh

2019-02-22T19:32:17Z

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Can You Smoke Kratom

2019-02-22T19:30:56Z

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Can You Smoke Kratom

2019-02-22T19:30:24Z

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Today In History May 3

2019-02-22T19:30:10Z

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2019-02-22T19:29:40Z

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Travel To Burma: Discover Ancient Ava

2019-02-22T19:29:26Z

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Rohingya Refugees Welcome UN Team In Bangladesh

2019-02-22T19:29:05Z

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[http://Pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=Thousands Thousands] of Rohingya Muslims have gathered at a camp in Bangladesh to welcome a UNteam that is getting a first-hand look at the plight of refugees who have fled military-led violence in Burma. The refugees at the Kutupalong camp carried placards, some of which read �We want justice�. Some 700,000 refugees are seeking UN protection to return home. Members of the UN Security Council team visiting Bangladesh (AM Ahad/AP) #HappeningNow UN Security Council arrives in Cox's Bazar to bear witness to the Rohingya refugee crisis. This is an historic visit. Welcome Excellencies pic.twitter.com/33[http://Www.Adobe.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?term=&NNuMKkZv&loc=en_us&siteSection=home NNuMKkZv] - Mia Seppo (@MiaSeppo) April 28, 2018 The UN team plans to meet some of them, including victims of rape and torture, before continuing to Burma after concluding its three-day visit on Monday. Representatives from the five permanent Security Council members - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States - and 10 non-permanent member states have joined the delegation in the coastal town of Cox�s Bazaar, where the camps are located. The recent violence in Burma began when Rohingya insurgents staged a series of attacks on August 25 on about 30 security outposts and other targets. In a subsequent crackdown described by UN and US officials as �ethnic cleansing�, Burma security forces have been accused of rape, killing, torture and the burning of Rohingya homes. Thousands are believed to have been killed. Desperate Rohingya refugees have been rejecting Burma�s proposed ID cards, called the national verification cards, saying they want citizenship - something they�ve been denied by the government in the Buddhist majority nation. Burma authorities consider Rohingya to be Bengali immigrants from Bangladesh, and are even refraining from using the word �Rohingya�, even though the protesting refugees said on Sunday they belong to [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ burma adventure tours] where they have been living for centuries. �We are not Bengali, we are Rohingya. They have killed me family members, they tortured us, they will kill us again,� Mohammed Tayab said, standing in front of a tent where he was expecting to meet the UN team. Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are building waterproof shelters that can resist strong winds. You contribution can help Rohingya families to survive the monsoon season: website pic.twitter.com/yXBzAQHQdR - UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) April 28, 2018 He said he was shot by Myanmar troops in his right leg and was using a crutch. �I am here to talk to them, we want justice from them,� he said. Mr Tayab, 29, said he lost one brother, an uncle and a nephew after Burma soldiers shot them dead. The UN refugee agency and Bangladesh recently finalised a memorandum of understanding that said the repatriation process must be �safe, voluntary and dignified � in line with international standards�. Advertisement

Travel To Burma: Discover Ancient Ava

2019-02-22T19:28:44Z

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Those who take a trip to Burma have an excellent money of places and areas to discover, and selecting what to see can be frustrating. But for anyone considering historical previous and in studying more about the tale of Burma's wealthy previous, Ava should definitely be on the schedule. This historical town was the nation's longest-standing investment, founded in 1364 by a Shan innovator, Noble prince Thandominbya, and experiencing 400 decades of strength before being overcome and damaged by the Mon in 1752. This sacking (and the earthquakes in the following century) mean that hardly anything continues to be of the town itself; but there is still a palpable feeling of historical previous, and enough signs to help the guest think about its former wonder as they appreciate the village-like appeal of Ava these days. If you strategy to take a trip to Burma and check out Ava, here are a few of the top places to see: Maha Aung Mye Bonzan Monastery One of the few old structures to endure the earth quake of 1838, this rock monastery times from 1818 and was designed by Master Bagyidaw's key King, Nanmadaw Me Nu. Its yellow-colored surfaces are ornamented with stylish stucco styles that are so skilfully done they appear to be designed from the same rock as the surfaces. This is a relaxing and endured position, enabling guests to get a feeling of what Ava once was as they take a trip to Burma these days. The Remains of Old Ava There is no particular beginning for the historical town's ruins, as their complete existence is best sensed by checking out several on foot; but all who take a trip to [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ burma adventure tour] should create sure of viewing the Nanmyin Watchtower - 27 meters high and eventually left inclined at an position by the excellent earth quake, it is all that now continues to be of the Noble Development. The ruins of Aung Zaw Pagoda, meanwhile, are a excellent way to see the continues to be of Ava's historical sculpture and art forms. The Lizard Pagoda Not in Ava itself but in close by Paleik, this shrine is value a check out. Old to a while in the Twelfth 100 years, the Yadana� Labamuni Hsu-taungpye Pagoda is believed to have been requested by Master Alaungsithu - and thus pre-dates Ava itself. It has become well-known much more lately among individuals who take a trip to Burma, however, as the property of three pythons, who reside in the main shrine and are often seen curled on or around the Buddha's toes, lap, and title. The tale goes that they came to the forehead out of the woodlands some 40 decades ago, attracted by the holiness of the website. Today they are [http://Www.Tumblr.com/tagged/recognized recognized] as a icon of the Buddha's regard for all lifestyle, and the Buddhist suitable of a excellent connection between people and creatures. Jude Limburn Turner is the Promotion Administrator for Hill Kingdoms, an experience trip organization who run trips empowering individuals to take a trip to Burma. Managing in Japan for over 20 decades, they now provide hikes and trips globally, such as locations in Northern and Southern region The united states, European countries, African-american, and Central and [http://Www.Wonderhowto.com/search/Southern%20region/ Southern region] Eastern Japan.

Aung San Suu Kyi Meets UN Team Investigating Rohingya Crisis

2019-02-22T18:01:52Z

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Travel To Burma: Discover Ancient Ava

2019-02-22T18:01:11Z

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Aung San Suu Kyi Meets UN Team Investigating Rohingya Crisis

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2019-02-22T18:00:32Z

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2019-02-22T17:59:49Z

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Rohingya Refugees Welcome UN Team In Bangladesh

2019-02-22T17:58:37Z

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Rohingya Refugees Welcome UN Team In Bangladesh

2019-02-22T17:58:04Z

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Today In History May 3

2019-02-22T17:57:45Z

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TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Nicolo Machiavelli, Italian political philosopher (1469-1527); William Broome, English scholar-poet (1689-1745); Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, one of the founders of Qantas (1879-1950); Golda Meir, Israeli statesman (1898-1978); William Inge, US playwright (1913-1973); Betty Comden, US songwriter-entertainer (1919-2006); Pete Seeger, US folk singer (1919-2014); Sugar Ray Robinson, US boxer (1920-1989); James Brown, US soul musician (1933-2006); Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons) (1934-); Tim Fischer, former Australian deputy prime minister (1946-); Christopher Cross, US singer (1951-); David Hookes, Australian cricketer (1955-2004); Ben Elton, British comedian and author (1959-); Christina Hendricks, American actress (1975-) THOUGHT FOR TODAY If you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman - Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister. Advertisement

Can You Smoke Kratom

2019-02-22T17:57:21Z

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Rohingya Refugees Welcome UN Team In Bangladesh

2019-02-22T17:57:04Z

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Aung San Suu Kyi Meets UN Team Investigating Rohingya Crisis

2019-02-22T17:56:35Z

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Members of a UN Security Council team probing Burma�s crisis over its ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority have met Aung San Suu Kyi and her military chief. The 15-member UN delegation had flown in from Bangladesh, where some 700,000 Rohingya who fled military-led violence live in refugee camps. The group, including Security Council president Gustavo Meza-Cuadra and Britain�s UN ambassador Karen Pierce, held talks with Ms [http://Www.Martindale.com/Results.aspx?ft=2&frm=freesearch&lfd=Y&afs=Suu%20Kyi Suu Kyi] and senior general Min Aung Hlaing. Aung San Suu Kyi met with the UN team as they arrived in Burma (PA) On Tuesday they will travel to Rakhine state, the area from which the Rohingya fled. They are expected to see the aftermath of the army�s crackdown there as well as the government�s preparations for taking back the refugees from Bangladesh. �The ministers will discuss in detail the repatriation of the refugees agreed by the two countries and resettlement plans for the returnees,� foreign affairs permanent secretary Myint Thu said. He added that the UN delegates would be taken to refugee reception centres as well as villages in northern Rakhine. Security Council President Gustavo Meza-Cuadra arrives at Naypyitaw International Airport in Burma (Aung Shine Oo/AP) The army launched counter-insurgency sweeps in Rakhine after attacks last August on security personnel. The military has been accused of massive human rights violations - including rape, killing, torture and the burning of Rohingya homes - that UN and US officials have called ethnic cleansing. Burma�s government agreed to allow the delegates to visit after previously rejecting UN requests for a trip by a specially appointed independent fact-finding committee. Ms Pierce - a member of the visiting delegation - said after the group�s visit to the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh over the weekend that the Security Council would continue to work on enabling the refugees to return to Burma, but that the Rohingya must be allowed to return under safe conditions. #Bangladesh, with #UN and NGO support, has saved thousands of #Rohingya lives. The international community must stand firm and united in support of Bangladesh to face risks of upcoming monsoon season and provide Rohingya refugees with education and livelihood opportunities. pic.twitter.com/bkbcXp5Q6n - Karen Pierce (@KarenPierceUN) April 29, 2018 Thousands of refugees gathered amid scorching heat at the camp to welcome the delegation. They carried placards, some of which read �We want justice�. Bangladesh and Burma agreed in December to begin repatriating the refugees in January, but there were concerns among aid workers and Rohingya that they would be forced to return and face unsafe conditions in [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ myanmar adventure tours]. Rohingya Muslims have long been treated as outsiders in Burma, even though many of their families have lived in the country for generations. Work underway to pave main arterial road cutting through the largest Rohingya refugee settlement in Cox�s Bazar in Bangladesh which houses more than 570,000 @[http://www.Express.co.uk/search/Refugees/ Refugees]. All the food. shelter, basic assistance, needs to come through this main artery. website pic.twitter.com/z4lrvJNLwO - UNHCR in Bangladesh (@UNHCR_BGD) April 27, 2018 Nearly all have been denied citizenship since 1982, effectively rendering them stateless. They are denied freedom of movement and other basic rights. Advertisement

Rohingya Refugees Welcome UN Team In Bangladesh

2019-02-22T17:56:20Z

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Today In History May 3

2019-02-22T17:55:34Z

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Rohingya Refugees Welcome UN Team In Bangladesh

2019-02-22T17:54:47Z

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Can You Smoke Kratom

2019-02-22T17:54:23Z

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Aung San Suu Kyi Meets UN Team Investigating Rohingya Crisis

2019-02-22T17:53:47Z

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Members of a UN Security Council team probing Burma�s crisis over its ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority have met Aung San Suu Kyi and her military chief. The 15-member UN delegation had flown in from Bangladesh, where some 700,000 Rohingya who fled military-led violence live in refugee camps. The group, including Security Council president Gustavo Meza-Cuadra and Britain�s UN ambassador Karen Pierce, held talks with Ms Suu Kyi and senior general Min Aung Hlaing. Aung San Suu Kyi met with the UN team as they arrived in Burma (PA) On Tuesday they will travel to Rakhine state, the area from which the Rohingya fled. They are expected to see the aftermath of the army�s crackdown there as well as the government�s preparations for taking back the refugees from Bangladesh. �The ministers will discuss in detail the repatriation of the refugees agreed by the two countries and resettlement plans for the returnees,� foreign affairs permanent secretary Myint Thu said. He added that the UN delegates would be taken to refugee reception centres as well as villages in northern Rakhine. Security Council President Gustavo Meza-Cuadra arrives at Naypyitaw International Airport in Burma (Aung Shine Oo/AP) The army launched counter-insurgency sweeps in Rakhine after attacks last August on security personnel. The military has been accused of massive human rights violations - including rape, killing, torture and the [http://ajt-Ventures.com/?s=burning burning] of Rohingya homes - that UN and US officials have called ethnic cleansing. Burma�s government agreed to allow the delegates to visit after previously rejecting UN requests for a trip by a specially appointed independent fact-finding committee. Ms Pierce - a member of the visiting delegation - said after the group�s visit to the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh over the weekend that the Security Council would continue to work on enabling the refugees to return to Burma, but that the Rohingya must be allowed to return under safe conditions. #Bangladesh, with #UN and NGO support, has saved thousands of #Rohingya lives. The international community must stand firm and united in support of Bangladesh to face risks of upcoming monsoon season and provide Rohingya refugees with education and livelihood opportunities. pic.twitter.com/bkbcXp5Q6n - Karen Pierce (@KarenPierceUN) April 29, 2018 Thousands of refugees gathered amid scorching heat at the camp to welcome the delegation. They carried placards, some of which read �We want justice�. Bangladesh and [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ burma adventure tour] agreed in December to begin repatriating the refugees in January, but there were concerns among aid workers and Rohingya that they would be forced to return and face unsafe conditions in Myanmar. Rohingya Muslims have long been treated as outsiders in Burma, even though many of their families have lived in the country for generations. Work underway to pave main arterial road cutting through the largest Rohingya refugee settlement in Cox�s Bazar in Bangladesh which houses more than 570,000 @Refugees. All the food. shelter, basic assistance, needs to come through this main artery. website pic.twitter.com/z4lrvJNLwO - UNHCR in Bangladesh (@UNHCR_BGD) April 27, 2018 Nearly all have been denied citizenship since 1982, effectively rendering them stateless. They are denied freedom of movement and other basic rights. Advertisement

Rohingya Refugees Welcome UN Team In Bangladesh

2019-02-22T17:52:15Z

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Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have gathered at a camp in Bangladesh to welcome a UNteam that is getting a first-hand look at the plight of refugees who have fled military-led violence in Burma. The refugees at the Kutupalong camp carried placards, some of which read �We want justice�. Some 700,000 refugees are seeking UN protection to return home. Members of the UN Security Council team visiting Bangladesh (AM Ahad/AP) #HappeningNow UN Security Council arrives in Cox's Bazar to bear witness to the Rohingya refugee crisis. This is an historic visit. Welcome Excellencies pic.twitter.com/33NNuMKkZv - Mia Seppo (@MiaSeppo) April 28, 2018 The UN team plans to meet some of them, including victims of rape and torture, before continuing to Burma after concluding its three-day visit on Monday. Representatives from the five permanent Security Council members - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States - and 10 non-permanent member states have joined the delegation in the coastal town of Cox�s Bazaar, where the camps are located. The recent violence in Burma began when Rohingya insurgents staged a series of attacks on August 25 on about 30 security outposts and other targets. In a subsequent crackdown described by UN and US officials as �ethnic cleansing�, Burma security forces have been accused of rape, killing, torture and the burning of Rohingya homes. Thousands are believed to have been killed. Desperate Rohingya refugees have been rejecting Burma�s proposed ID cards, called the national verification cards, saying they want citizenship - something they�ve been denied by the government in the Buddhist majority nation. Burma authorities consider Rohingya to be Bengali immigrants from Bangladesh, and are even refraining from using the word �Rohingya�, even though the protesting refugees said on Sunday they belong to Burma where they have been living for centuries. �We are not Bengali, we are [http://www.Bbc.co.uk/search/?q=Rohingya Rohingya]. They have killed me family members, they tortured us, they will kill us again,� Mohammed Tayab said, standing in front of a tent where he was expecting to meet the UN team. Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are building waterproof shelters that can [http://Www.groundreport.com/?s=resist%20strong resist strong] winds. You contribution can help Rohingya families to survive the monsoon season: website pic.twitter.com/yXBzAQHQdR - UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) April 28, 2018 He said he was shot by [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ myanmar adventure tour] troops in his right leg and was using a crutch. �I am here to talk to them, we want justice from them,� he said. Mr Tayab, 29, said he lost one brother, an uncle and a nephew after Burma soldiers shot them dead. The UN refugee agency and Bangladesh recently finalised a memorandum of understanding that said the repatriation process must be �safe, voluntary and dignified � in line with international standards�. Advertisement

Today In History May 3

2019-02-22T17:51:46Z

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HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY ON THIS DATE 1494 - Columbus discovers Jamaica. 1660 - Peace of Olivia is signed, ending war between Brandenburg, Poland, Austria and Sweden. 1791 - Polish Parliament approves Europe's first modern constitution. 1814 - France's King Louis XVIII returns to Paris after allied forces defeat Napoleon Bonaparte. 1841 - New Zealand is formally proclaimed a British colony. 1859 - France declares war on Austria. 1898 - Bread riots erupt in Milan, Italy and are crushed with heavy loss of life. 1916 - Irish nationalist Padraic Pearse and two others are executed by the British for their roles in the Easter Rising. 1927 - Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) formed. 1933 - Nellie Taylor is sworn in as the first female director of the US Mint. 1937 - Margaret Mitchell wins a Pulitzer Prize for her novel Gone with the Wind. 1945 - Allied troops enter Hamburg, Germany, in World War II; Indian forces capture Rangoon, [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ burma adventure tour], from the Japanese. 1947 - Japan's new postwar Constitution, reflecting the policies of Allied occupiers, takes effect. 1948 - The US Supreme Court rules that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable. 1963 - Government crisis in Syria threatens recently agreed-upon union of Syria, Iraq and United Arab Republic. 1970 - Queen officially opens the new international terminal at Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport. 1971 - Anti-war protesters calling themselves the Mayday Tribe begin four days of demonstrations in Washington, DC, aimed at shutting down the nation's capital. 1972 - Turkish guerillas hijack Turkish plane and land in Sofia, Bulgaria. 1979 - Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister. 1983 - Farmer Cliff Young, 61, wins 875km Sydney-Melbourne foot race in five days, 14 hours. 1985 - Lebanese Christians protesting against sectarian fighting in their country occupy their diplomatic missions in Australia, Argentina and Sweden. 1988 - The White House acknowledges that first lady Nancy Reagan used astrological advice to help schedule her husband's activities. 1994 - Civil war erupts in Yemen. 1995 - Large cache of ammunition and weapons is found in Canberra belonging to a group of right-wing extremists within the Australian Defence Force. 1996 - Warlord [http://thesaurus.com/browse/Roosevelt Roosevelt] Johnson is secretly carried out of Monrovia, Liberia, and to neighbouring Freetown, Sierra Leone, aboard a US helicopter. 1997 - The rebels of the Guatemalan Revolutionary Unit surrender the last of their weapons to the government, marking the end of one of Latin America's most drawn-out wars. 2000 - Four hostages held by Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines are killed when government troops stumble upon the group. 2001 - Ronnie Biggs, fugitive robber of Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery" says he is ready to return home to face justice after three decades of exile in Brazil. 2003 - James Miller, British freelance journalist and producer of International award winning documentaries, Beneath the Veil, and Innocents Lost, is shot and killed by Israeli military tank in the Gaza Strip. 2004 - The US military reprimands seven officers in the alleged abuse of inmates at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, the first known punishments in the case. 2006 - An Armenian airliner carrying 113 people tumbles into the Black Sea harbour of the Russian resort of Sochi. 2007 - At least 21 workers - most of them foreigners - are kidnapped in separate attacks in Nigeria's oil-rice delta region, leaving a Nigerian soldier dead. 2008 - Cyclone Nargis strikes Myanmar, killing at least 78,000 and leaving 56,000 others missing. 2011 - An international assessment says the ice of Greenland and the rest of the Arctic is melting faster than expected and could help raise global sea levels by as much as 1.5 metres this century, dramatically higher than earlier projections. 2014 - US Secretary of State John Kerry presses Russia to stop backing separatists in eastern Ukraine after the pro-Russian insurgents release seven European military observers. 2015 - Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting. 2017 - An explosion at a coalmine in northeastern Iran kills 35, and injures 70. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Nicolo Machiavelli, Italian political philosopher (1469-1527); William Broome, English scholar-poet (1689-1745); Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, one of the founders of Qantas (1879-1950); Golda Meir, Israeli statesman (1898-1978); William Inge, US playwright (1913-1973); Betty Comden, US songwriter-entertainer (1919-2006); Pete Seeger, US folk singer (1919-2014); Sugar Ray Robinson, US boxer (1920-1989); James Brown, US soul musician (1933-2006); Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons) (1934-); Tim Fischer, former Australian deputy prime minister (1946-); Christopher Cross, US singer (1951-); David Hookes, Australian cricketer (1955-2004); Ben Elton, British comedian and author (1959-); Christina Hendricks, American actress (1975-) THOUGHT FOR TODAY If you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman - Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister. Advertisement

Travel To Burma: Discover Ancient Ava

2019-02-22T17:50:23Z

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Rohingya Refugees Welcome UN Team In Bangladesh

2019-02-22T17:48:05Z

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