Monday, May 13, 2013

Voice of America: Burma Evacuating Camps Ahead of Cyclone

Voice of America
Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries
Burma Evacuating Camps Ahead of Cyclone
May 13th 2013, 23:10

Officials in Burma say they are evacuating thousands of residents from camps for displaced people ahead of a cyclone expected later this week. The officials say they are moving people from low-lying camps in the west of the country, where communal violence broke out last year between Buddhists and Muslims. Hundreds died in that violence and tens of thousands of others were left homeless, mostly ethnic Rohingya Muslims. Weather forecasters predict that Cyclone Mahasen will hit land in ...

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