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Swim class aims to stop major cause of death in Bangladesh
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Children once afraid of the water are learning to swim as part of a charity program aimed at reducing the number of drownings in Bangladesh.
Up to 18,000 children drown in the delta nation every year....
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Amnesty report "scorched earth" campaign against Myanmar Rohingya
Amnesty International says it has turned up evidence of a planned campaign of "systematic burnings" by Myanmar security forces targeting dozens of Rohingya villages over the last three weeks.
The human rights group on...
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'The Big Sick''s Anupam Kher recalls bumpy road to 'Silver Linings Playbook'
'THE BIG SICK''S ANUPAM KHER RECALLS BUMPY ROAD TO 'SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK'
"The Big Sick" Anupam Kher's 500th film.
A star of Indian cinema, the actor broke onto the international scene thanks to Gurinder...
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Rohingya children carry toll of violence, displacement
An estimated 421,000 Rohingya have left their homes and arrived in Bangladesh over the past three weeks, fleeing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
Mohammed Shoaib is one of them.
By age 14 the young...
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UNHCR chief on Myanmar violence, Rohingya refugees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Wednesday said humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar would increase "very, very quickly".
Asked why the response to the crisis was so slow,...
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CLEAN : Bangladesh PM Hasina has orchid named after her in Singapore
Bangladesh Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina has an orchid named after her the Dendrobium Sheikh Hasina at the Singapore Botanic Gardens while on an official visit to Singapor an honour typically accorded to dignitaries visiting the city state
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Myanmar government minister set to visit Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
A board appointed by Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to offer recommendations on the crisis in Rakhine state has applauded Bangladesh's agreement to let a Myanmar state minister visit border camps where the refugees live.
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Pope meets young people at Dhaka's Notre Dame College
Pope Francis visited Dhaka's Notre Dame College on the final day of his visit to Bangladesh on Saturday.
Francis delivered a speech to the youth, encouraging them to choose the right path in their lives.
"May...
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UK Medical team to help treat Rohingya crisis
VOICED: Shows interior shots members of the UKEMT (UK Emergency Medical Team) at Manchester airport with boxes of medical supplies and equipment ready to depart for Bangladesh. Exterior shots members of the team training. Exterior shots...
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Amal Clooney presses for release of two Reuters reporters imprisoned in Myanmar
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Myanmar envoy reacts to final findings of UN probe into Rohingya crisis
U.N.-backed investigators who examined a crackdown by Myanmar security forces that caused hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh issued a searing critique Tuesday of the United Nations' own response...
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UK Medical team to help treat Rohingya crisis
CLEAN: Shows interior shots medics and doctors from the UKEMT (UK Emergency Medical Team) at Manchester airport with boxes of medical supplies and equipment ready to depart for Bangladesh. More than 40 doctors, nurses and firefighters...
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FMs from Asia and Europe meet in Myanmar
Foreign ministers and representatives of 51 countries from Asia and Europe were meeting in the Myanmar capital Naypyitaw on Monday in a forum that aims to further political and economic cooperation but which takes place against the...
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The most persecuted people on earth
Does Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s leader, still deserve her Nobel peace prize? Since August 25th 150,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar amid a campaign of slaughter and rape by the Myanmarese army. Yet Ms Suu Kyi has remained silent ...
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UN team in Bangladesh pledges to end Rohingya crisis
A U.N. Security Council team visiting Bangladesh promised on Sunday to work hard to resolve a crisis involving hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to the country to escape military-led violence in Myanmar.
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Monsoons Threaten Rohingya Refugees
For Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh offers a safe haven from the violence in their native Myanmar.
But now, the monsoon season has arrived.
And the landscape of these refugee camps means some homes could be...
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Bangladesh protesters rally against PM
Protesters took to the streets of Dhaka on Tuesday to voice their opposition against Bangladesh's ruling Awami League, just a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's party won a landslide victory in the country's general election.
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Herfy Food Looking at Asia and Africa for Expansion, COO Says
Nov.05 -- Khalid Ahmed Al Saeed, chief operating officer of Herfy Food Services, a fast-food restaurant operator, talks about the company's financial results and business prospects. He speaks with Yousef Gamal El-Din and Manus Cranny on...
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Bangladeshis rally over Kashmir status question
Hundreds of Islamic activists in Bangladesh's capital city rallied after Friday prayers to protest against India's downgrading of Kashmir's special status.
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CLEAN : Bangladesh court sentences 150 soldiers to
A Bangladeshi court sentences at least 150 soldiers to death during a mass verdict over a 2009 mutiny in which scores of top officers were massacred CLEAN : Bangladesh court sentences 150 soldiers to on February 24, 2010 in Dhaka,...
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CLEAN : Bangladesh burns victims receive treatment
Victims receive treatment for burns after two suspected opposition supporters threw a petrol bomb into a bus in Dhaka in late November CLEAN : Bangladesh burns victims receive treatment on December 05, 2013 in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Footage...
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VOICED : Incendio en fabrica de Bangladesh
La policia de Bangladesh investiga si el incendio en una fabrica textil cerca de la capital este jueves fue provocado de manera intencional VOICED : Incendio en fabrica de Bangladesh on November 29, 2013 in Gazipur, Bangladesh (Footage...
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CLEAN : Slow and steady hope for near-extinct Bangladesh tortoises
Newly hatched tortoises take their first steps at a Bangladesh conservation park their feet barely visible under hard shells that carry the weight of the species on their backs (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)