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Arthur Desclaux sits in the back of a police car as it arrives at court in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. The French national appeared in court after being arrested two weeks ago for allegedly flying a drone close to the country's vast parliament complex. Desclaux faces a charge under the Illegal Export-Import Act and could be jailed for up to three years if convicted. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

French national faces Myanmar court on drone flying charge

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Kyi Lin, center, the gunman who shot a prominent Muslim lawyer who was a close adviser of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, is escorted by police at Yangon Northern District Court in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. The court found Kyi Lin guilty of premeditated murder and illegal weapons possession and sentenced to death for the Jan. 29, 2017 shooting of lawyer Ko Ni in broad daylight at Yangon airport. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar sentences 2 to death in killing of Suu Kyi aide

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In this frame grab provided by Shyamal Duary, flames rise from a hotel that caught fire in the early hours of the morning in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. A fire engulfed a shoddily built budget hotel in central New Delhi early Tuesday, killing 17 people and injuring at least four others, including a woman from Myanmar who leaped from an upper floor to escape the flames, Indian authorities said. (UGC Photo via AP)

17 killed in fire at New Delhi hotel, 4 others hurt

By Shonal Ganguly - Associated Press

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie addresses a press conference at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. Nearly 700,000 Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim minority in Myanmar, are living in refugee camps in coastal Cox's Bazar after fleeing their villages following a military crackdown. (AP Photo)

Angelina Jolie urges Myanmar to end violence against Rohingya Muslims

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Khin Maung Zaw, a lawyer of two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, talks to journalists as he leaves the Supreme Court after submitting appeal documents of the two journalists in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. Lawyers for the two journalists sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act filed an appeal to the country's supreme court, after a high court judge rejected their appeal in January. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Jailed Reuters reporters appeal to Myanmar’s Supreme Court

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Yanghee Lee, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, holds a news conference after visiting Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. (AP Photo)

UN envoy: No prospect Rohingya refugees can go home soon

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Students connect with refugee children through project

By ROBERT BLECHL - Associated Press

Maj. Gen.Nyi Nyi Tun, vice chairman of the Myanmar's military information committee, left, Maj. Gen. Soe Naing Oo, chairman of the Myanmar's military information committee, center, and Brig. Zaw Min Tun, secretary of the Myanmar's military information committee, attend a press conference at the Military Museum in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar army ordered to take offensive against Arakan Army

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FILE - In this combination file image made from two photos, Reuters journalists Kyaw Soe Oo, left, and Wa Lone, are handcuffed as they are escorted by police out of the court in Yangon, Myanmar Sept. 3, 2018. A court in Myanmar on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 rejected the appeal of two Reuters journalists convicted of violating the country's Official Secrets Act during their reporting on the country's crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, and maintained the seven-year prison terms they were sentenced to last year. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw, File)

Myanmar court rejects appeal of jailed Reuters reporters

By AUNG NAING SOE - Associated Press

Bagmaker Vera Bradley, supplier to build home for 2,500 kids

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India deports second group of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar

Associated Press

EU slaps sanctions on 7 Myanmar army, border officials

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Facebook purges more Myanmar accounts for misrepresentation

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Activists holding signs with the Time Magazine cover showing wives of two Reuters journalists stand during a rally to mark one year anniversary of their arrest, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, in front of city hall in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar rally urges release of ‘Person of Year’ journalists

By MIN KYI THEIN - Associated Press

UN committee condemns rights violations against Rohingya

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Rohingya refugees wait for news on the repatriation process at Unchiprang refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. The head of Bangladesh's refugee commission said plans to begin a voluntary repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees to their native Myanmar on Thursday were scrapped after officials were unable to find anyone who wanted to return. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Rohingya refugee camp quiet after Bangladesh delays return

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Rohingya Muslims use their cellphones as they sit on a hillock overlooking Balukhali refugee camp, in Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. Bangladesh authorities said they are ready to begin repatriating some of the more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled from army-led violence in Myanmar since last year, but refugees scheduled to leave said they would refuse to go because of fears for their safety. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Bangladesh scraps Rohingya return, says no one wants to go

By JULHAS ALAM and EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

Rohingya Muslims Nurul Amin, 35, left, and Mohammed Selim, 23, whose names are on the first list to be repatriated back to Myanmar, talk to the Associated Press outside Jamtoli refugee camp, in Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. Bangladesh authorities said they are ready to begin repatriating some of the more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled from army-led violence in Myanmar since last year, but refugees scheduled to leave said they would refuse to go because of fears for their safety. &quot;I will not go. My wife and other family members have gone elsewhere, they do not want to go,&quot; Amin told The Associated Press. Selim said his wife and seven other family members went into hiding after finding out that they would be sent back Thursday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Bangladesh ready to return Rohingya, who say they’ll refuse

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang smiles as he glances at ASEAN leaders after delivering his statement at the ASEAN Plus China Summit in the ongoing 33rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 in Singapore. China's premier sought Tuesday to reassure its neighbors that Beijing will push ahead with reforms needed to support growth across the region and also keep the peace in contested waters in the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Southeast Asian-centered trade deal set for further delays

By ANNABELLE LIANG and ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press