21 - 30 of 37 results for "soutnr unrest"

  1. 21. news | 27 Mar 2013

    Mosque burnt in fresh Myanmar riots

    By AFP

    » YANGON - A rampaging mob set fire to a mosque and homes in a central Myanmar town, a police official said Wednesday, the latest outbreak of violence in communal unrest that has left at least 40 people dead.

  2. 22. news | 14 May 2013

    Hundreds of Bangladesh textile plants shut indefinitely

    By AFP

    » Hundreds of factories which form the hub of Bangladesh's garment industry are to close indefinitely after worker unrest sparked by the death of more than 1,100 colleagues, employees announced Monday.

  3. 23. news | 06 May 2013

    Myanmar leader pledges to uphold Muslim rights

    By AFP

    » Myanmar's president on Monday pledged to uphold the "fundamental rights" of Muslims in strife-torn Rakhine state, in the wake of deadly religious unrest that has spread across the country.

  4. 24. news | 30 Mar 2013

    Philippines says 5,000 fled Sabah unrest

    By AFP

    » Almost 5,000 Filipinos have fled the Malaysian state of Sabah since security forces launched an offensive to root out Islamic invaders loyal to an obscure Philippine sultan, a government agency said.

  5. 25. learning | 11 Aug 2010

    Ministers scrap over student political rights

    EDUCATION

    Newspaper section: News

    » A circular issued by the Higher Education Commission calling on universities to control student activities that might provoke political unrest has emerged as a potential cause of differences between the education ministe...

  6. 26. news | 01 May 2013

    Army-gradeweapon used to kill soldier

    2010 VIOLENCE

    By Post Reporters, Newspaper section: News

    » The Criminal Court yesterday ruled that a soldier killed on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road in front of the National Memorial in the Don Muang area during the 2010 political unrest was hit by a high-velocity bullet fired from a m...

  7. 27. news | 31 Mar 2013

    Religious 'radicals' driving Myanmar unrest: experts

    By AFP

    » Two years after a repressive junta ceded power, Myanmar is grappling with a surge in religious extremism that experts trace to anti-Muslim "provocateurs" including radical Buddhist monks.

  8. 28. news | 26 Mar 2013

    Myanmar unrest toll hits 40

    By AFP

    » The confirmed death toll from recent communal violence in central Myanmar has risen to 40 after eight more bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a riot-hit town, state media reported on Tuesday.

  9. 29. news | 29 Mar 2013

    Rohingya face rains threat: UN

    By AFP

    » Tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims living in squalid, flood-prone camps in western Myanmar after fleeing communal unrest face "imminent danger" from looming monsoon rains, the UN warned on Friday.

  10. 30. news | 21 Apr 2013

    Myanmar unrest tests iconic status of Suu Kyi

    By AFP

    » Aung San Suu Kyi's refusal to condemn attacks on Muslims in Myanmar has dimmed the Nobel laureate's lustre among global rights campaigners, but observers say her reticence will do her no harm with voters.

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