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The Latest: Serbia brings army out to enforce virus rules
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The Latest: Serbia brings army out to enforce virus rules

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 169,000 people and killed more than 6,500. The COVID-19…
Maldives gets Amal Clooney to fight for Rohingya at UN court
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Maldives gets Amal Clooney to fight for Rohingya at UN court

The luxury tourist destination of the Maldives has hired prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent it at the…
‘Tiger widows’ shunned as bad luck in rural Bangladesh
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‘Tiger widows’ shunned as bad luck in rural Bangladesh

Abandoned by her sons, shunned by her neighbors and branded a witch. Mosammat Rashida’s crime? Her husband was killed by…
Countries around world gear up response to new coronavirus
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Countries around world gear up response to new coronavirus

BEIJING (AP) — Countries in Asia and elsewhere have begun body temperature checks at airports, railway stations and along highways…
Bangladesh says once-submerged island ready for Rohingya
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Bangladesh says once-submerged island ready for Rohingya

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An island in Bangladesh that was regularly submerged during monsoon seasons is ready to house 100,000…
Protests rage in northeast India over citizenship bill
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Protests rage in northeast India over citizenship bill

Protestors in northeast India set fire to tyres and cut down trees to block roads on Tuesday in a shutdown…
Eight dead as Cyclone Bulbul smashes into India, Bangladesh coasts
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Eight dead as Cyclone Bulbul smashes into India, Bangladesh coasts

Eight people died and more than two million others spent a night huddled in storm shelters as Cyclone Bulbul smashed…
Bangladeshis speak up about ‘rampant’ rapes in Islamic schools
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Bangladeshis speak up about ‘rampant’ rapes in Islamic schools

Former Bangladeshi students are turning to social media to detail allegations of “rampant” sex abuse at the hands of teachers…
Rohingya still fear safety in Myanmar, repatriation unlikely
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Rohingya still fear safety in Myanmar, repatriation unlikely

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — The repatriation of hundreds of Rohingya Muslims appeared unlikely to proceed as planned Thursday after…
Welcome wears thin for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
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Welcome wears thin for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

When hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled Myanmar into Bangladesh two years ago, local communities were mostly welcoming. Today that…
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