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UN council members urge halt to Myanmar-Arakan Army fighting

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

A vendor selling face masks and shields waits for customers at a roadside shop in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. Myanmar is accelerating efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus, which now has impinged on the upcoming November 8 general election, as campaigning has been ordered suspended in several areas locked down to control the spread of the virus. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar locks down parts of Yangon amid virus increase

By PYAE SONE WIN and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi gestures while wearing a face shield, mask and gloves during a flag-raising ceremony to mark the first day of election campaigning at the National League for Democracy party's temporary headquarters in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Myanmar holds a general election on Nov. 8 and began a 60-day election campaign period Tuesday, which may be disrupted due to a resurgence of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

EU Parliament suspends Suu Kyi from Sakharov Prize community

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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi gestures while wearing a face shield, mask and gloves during a flag-raising ceremony to mark the first day of election campaigning at the National League for Democracy party's temporary headquarters in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Myanmar holds a general election on Nov. 8 and began a 60-day election campaign period Tuesday, which may be disrupted due to a resurgence of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Suu Kyi opens campaign for Myanmar election amid virus surge

By AUNG SHINE OO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2017, file photo, houses are on fire in Gawdu Zara village, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar. Two soldiers who defected from Myanmar’s army and confessed on video to taking part in massacres, rape, and other crimes against the Muslim Rohingya minority are believed to be in the custody of the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands and should be prosecuted to obtain their evidence, a human rights organization said Tuesday. (AP Photo, File)

Myanmar army deserters confirm atrocities against Rohingya

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2020, file photo, shoppers walk though a clothing market in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s prime minister on Wednesday, Sept. 2, congratulated his countrymen on the nation having achieved 100 days without a confirmed locally transmitted case of the coronavirus, even as security along the border with Myanmar is being stepped up as a measure against the disease. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

Thailand hits 100 days with no local virus transmissions

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

In this March 2020 photo provided by the Southern Youth Development Organization, community members check information contained in a poster they produced which documents local fish, before publication, in the Lenya area of the Tanintharyi region in southern Myanmar. After learning about the UN’s “Ridge to Reef” conservation project, indigenous land rights activists spent nearly a year consulting with local communities to develop an alternative proposal for a landscape conserved by indigenous people, outlining techniques used for generations, including land and forest administration as well as traditional customs and practices that safeguard biodiversity. (Southern Youth Development Organization via AP)

Indigenous activists clash with UN over proposed park

By VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

In this photo released from Myanmar Fire Service Department, rescuers carry a recovered body of a victim of a landslide from a jade mining area in Hpakant, Kachine state, northern Myanmar Thursday, July 2, 2020. Myanmar government says a landslide at a jade mine has killed dozens of people (Myanmar Fire Service Department via AP)

Landslide at Myanmar jade mine kills at least 113 people

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Myanmar’s election commission sets Nov. 8 date for polls

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People shop for vegetables at the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Authorities in Bangladesh have confirmed the first death of a Rohingya refugee from the coronavirus, as infections rise in sprawling camps where more than 1 million Rohingya Muslims have been living since fleeing from neighboring Myanmar. The 71-year-old refugee died Saturday at Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar, and samples collected from him tested positive on Monday, said Abu Toha M.R. Bhuiyan, chief health coordinator of the office of the Refugee, Relief and Repatriation Commissioner. (AP Photo/Shafiqur Rahman)

4 Rohingya men killed in gunfight with Bangladesh police

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

1 dead, 6 missing after Myanmar boat sinks on river in China

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A firefighter sprays water as flames and smoke rise from burning illegal drugs during a destruction ceremony to mark International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking outside Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, June 26, 2020. More than $839 million of seized illegal drugs were destroyed in the country on Friday, officials said. Myanmar has long been a major source of illegal drugs for East and Southeast Asia, despite repeated efforts to crack down. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar destroys seized drugs worth more than $800 million

By THEIN ZAW - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 2020, file photo, a health worker from an aid organization walks wearing a hazmat suit at the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Authorities in Bangladesh on Tuesday, June 2, confirmed the first death of a Rohingya refugee amid rising cases of new infections in the sprawling camps in the South Asian country where more than 1 million Rohingya Muslims have been sheltered after fleeing from neighboring Myanmar, according to a doctor and the United Nations. The 71-year-old refugee died Saturday at Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar, but samples collected from him proved positive on Monday, said Abu Toha M.R. Bhuiyan, chief health coordinator of the office of Refugee, Relief and Repatriation Commissioner. (AP Photo/Shafiqur Rahman, File)

Bangladesh confirms 1st death of Rohingya from coronavirus

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In this photo released by the Myanmar Army, a fire burns May 16, 2020, in the predominantly ethnic Rakhine village of Let Kar in Rakhine State's Mrauk-U township, western Myanmar. The Rakhine areas since January last year has been the scene of bitter armed conflict between the government and the Arakan Army, a guerrilla force of the Rakhine ethnic minority seeking greater autonomy for the state. (Myanmar Army via AP)

Rights group: Satellite images show Myanmar village burning

By PYAE SONE WIN - Associated Press

In this April 25, 2020 photo provided by IOM Niger, some of nearly 100 Nigeriens arrive in Assamaka, Niger, on foot from Algeria and now must be quarantined for two weeks at the remote Sahara border settlement, where water is scarce and midday temperatures reach over 110 degrees (45 degrees Celsius). Globally, coronavirus has marooned thousands of migrants in some of the world's harshest conditions on land and at sea. (IOM Niger via AP)

Desert or sea: Virus traps migrants in mid-route danger zone

By LORI HINNANT and ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

China closes border crossing with Myanmar amid fighting

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World Bank to lend $50M to help Myanmar fight coronavirus

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A prisoner reaches out from a bus to shake hands with family members after being released from the Insein prison during a presidential pardon in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, April 17, 2020. Myanmar says it is releasing almost 25,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty marking this week's traditional Lunar New Year celebration. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Almost 25,000 to be freed under Myanmar prisoner amnesty

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Amnesty International says Myanmar must lift repressive laws

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In this Wednesday, April 1, 2020, photo, Rohingya refugees stand at the Kutupalong refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Aid workers are bracing for a possible outbreak of the coronavirus in one of the world's largest refugee camps in Bangladesh, but officials are already warning that containing the disease among more than 1 million tightly packed Rohingya Muslims will be a daunting task. (AP Photo/Suzauddin Rubel)

Crowded in camps, Rohingya refugees vulnerable to virus

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press