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Boat people rescued off Indonesia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7866374.stm

A group of nearly 200 people has been rescued from a wooden boat adrift off the coast of Aceh after 21 days at sea, Indonesian officials say.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7866374.stm

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What drives the Rohingya to sea?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7872635.stm

The dramatic testimony from survivors of a draconian Thai military policy of towing Rohingya boat people out to sea and leaving them there has drawn international attention to the plight of one of the world's most oppressed people.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7872635.stm

2009-02-05

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'Superpower behind' Burma blasts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4549109.stm

Burma's government says rebels trained abroad by a "superpower" were behind last week's bombings at three shopping centres in the capital, Rangoon.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4549109.stm

2005-05-15

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Burma releases pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11749661

The Burmese military authorities have released the pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11749661

2010-11-13

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'Elephant Man' who staged daring WWII rescues

He was known as "The Elephant Man" in the newspapers of the time - but only now has the full story of one of World War II's most remarkable rescues come to light.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11652782

2010-11-01

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Western states dismiss Burma's election

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11707294

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Burma hit by massive net attack ahead of election

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11693214

An ongoing computer attack has knocked Burma off the internet, just days ahead of its first election in 20 years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11693214

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Attack of the rats

The local farmers call it a flood; an inundation that happens every 50 years. Others believe it to be an act of God, an inevitability. It isn't water flooding the precious farmland in north-eastern India, but rats. A once in a generation, gigantic plague of rats, that ruins crops and leaves people starving. A rat army so big, so mythical, that until now some scientists did not believe it was real.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9198000/9198744.stm

2010-11-19

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