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Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Rohingyas
President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to halt violence against a Muslim minority but praised economic and political reforms in the formerly pariah nation that is emerging as a US ally in China's backyard. #Barack Obama #Jay Carney #Myanmar #Thein Sein #Than Shwe #Rohingya Muslims #Trade and Investment Framework Agreement
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Shinde asks states for courts to expedite terror cases involving Muslim youth
the Centre has sent an advisory to all states and is also trying to find out how many Muslim inmates (involved in terror cases) were in jail and for how many years they have been languishing in prisons. #India #NewsTracker #Sushilkumar Shinde #Muslim youth
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Obama calls Pakistan's Sharif, congratulates him on poll win
US President Barack Obama called PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, set to become Pakistan's next Prime Minister, to congratulate him on his election victory and pledge to further strengthen friendly ties with Islamabad. #Barack Obama #Pakistan #NewsTracker #Nawaz Sharif #USA #United States of America #PML-N government #Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz #Pakistan elections 2013
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Several boats carrying Rohingya Muslims capzise off Myanmar coast
The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Tuesday that eight bodies have been found and more than 50 other people who were aboard are feared dead. #World #NewsTracker #Boat tragedy #Rohingya Muslims
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Nawaz Sharif's PML-N emerges as single largest party in Pak polls
Nawaz Sharif's PML-N has emerged the single largest party in Pakistan's landmark general elections by bagging 122 of the 272 parliamentary seats that went to polls on 11 May, the Election Commission announced on Tuesday. #World #Elections #Pakistan #Pervez Musharraf #Nawaz Sharif #Imran Khan #Tehrik-e-Insaf #PML-N #All Pakistan Muslim League #Pakistan elections
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Ready to work with Pak as 'equal partners', says Obama
US President Barack Obama on Monday congratulated Pakistan on successful completion of parliamentary elections and said his administration is ready to work "as equal partners" with the new government of that country. #World #Barack Obama #Pakistan #NewsTracker #Nawaz Sharif #Pakistan Muslim League #John Kerry #Pakistan elections 2013
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Pray that we can form govt without help from others, says Nawaz Sharif after win
Nawaz Sharif was poised for a record third term as Pakistan's Prime Minister with his PML-N party today taking an unassailable lead in parliamentary elections, which was welcomed by India with whom he pledged to restart the peace process. #World #Pakistan #Nawaz Sharif #Pakistan Peoples Party #World News #Pakistan elections 2013 #Pakistan Muslim League-N party
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Images: Nawaz Sharif's supporters celebrate victory in Pak elections
Pakistan�s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif looked set Sunday to return to power for a third term with an overwhelming election tally. Images of victory celebration by Sharif's supporters. #Nawaz Sharif #ImagesOfTheDay #Pakistan elections #Pakistan elections 2013 #Pakistan Muslim League-N party #Shahbaz Sharif
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Myanmar Muslims face uncertain future after attacks
One day after hundreds of Buddhists armed with bricks stormed a clutch of Muslim villages, newly displaced Muslims combed through the wasteland of their wrecked lives - too fearful of more attacks even to leave. #World #NewsTracker #Myanmar #Muslims
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Obama acknowledges rising hate crimes against South Asian Americans
US President Barack Obama has acknowledged that over the last decade, a number of people from the South Asian origin have been subject to hate crimes in the country. #Barack Obama #TheySaidIt #Hindus #Muslims #Hate crime #Sikhs