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India: 32 killed, 20 injured in road mishap in western India

16-06-2012
NEW DELHI, (Xinhua): At least 32 people have been killed and over 20 others sustained injuries in a major road mishap in the western Indian state of Maharashtra in the wee hours of Saturday, a senior police officer said.

Nepal: 6 teenage girls commit suicide after failing in exams

16-06-2012
KATHMANDU, (Xinhua): At least six teenage girls have committed suicide across Nepal in the past three days after failing to pass the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examination, whose results were published Wednesday evening.

Pakistan: Five killed in Karachi violence

16-06-2012
KARACHI, (Dawn): At least five people were killed in latest incidents of violence in Karachi, DawnNews reported on Friday.

Pakistan: Four killed in Karachi violence

15-06-2012
KARACHI, (Dawn): Four people were killed in latest incidents of violence in Karachi, DawnNews reported on Friday.One person was shot dead in the city’s North Karachi area and another was killed in an incident of firing in the Garden area.

Pakistan: Drones criticized as US strike kills three in Pakistan

15-06-2012
Another US drone attack killed at least three people early Thursday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, security officials said, despite mounting controversy over Washington's increasing use of drones.

Syria: US arming Syrian rebels, says Russia

14-06-2012
Russia's foreign minister on Wednesday accused the United States of supplying Syrian rebels with weapons to fight against the government.

India: Four Dalits done to death in Srikakulam village

13-06-2012
The Hindu:

Four Dalits were killed and 25 injured in an attack, allegedly by members of a Backward Class community, at Lakshmipeta of Vangara mandal, 55 km from here, on Tuesday morning. The condition of four, admitted in the Rajam area hospital was stated to be critical.

BANGLADESH: Closing the door on Rohingya Muslims

13-06-2012
BANGKOK, (IRIN): Bangladesh says it will not accept any Rohingya refugees fleeing a new spate of ethnic violence in neighbouring Myanmar's western Rakhine State.

Pakistan: 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits NW Pakistan

11-06-2012
ISLAMABAD, (Xinhua): A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted Pakistan's northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday morning, local meteorological department reported.

Pakistan: One killed in continuing viloence in Karachi

11-06-2012
KARACHI, (Dawn): Unknown persons entered a house in Baldia Town’s Mawach Goth area in Karachi and opened indiscriminate gunfire Sunday, killing one person and injuring two others, DawnNews reported.

Pakistan: Bomb rips through bus near Quetta, killing six

11-06-2012
QUETTA, (Dawn): A passenger bus travelling from Quetta to Naushki was struck by a bomb in the Dringarh area near Mastung early on Monday killing six persons, DawnNews reported.

US fighting its own war in tribal areas in Pakistan: Panetta

10-06-2012
WASHINGTON, (Dawn): US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta while giving an interview to a US television channel on Saturday said that the United States(US) is fighting its own war in the tribal areas of the Pak-Afghan border region and that military safe havens in Pakistan would not be tolerated, DawnNews reported.

Pakistan angrily reacts to Panetta statement on drone strikes

09-06-2012
ISLAMABAD, (Xinhua): Pakistan has angrily reacted to remarks by US Secretary of Defence, Leon Panetta, that the American pilot-less aircraft will continue attacks in Pakistan's tribal regions despite the country's protest.

PAKISTAN: Coming clean about child sexual abuse - or not

07-06-2012
LAHORE, (IRIN): Sidra Bibi*was a young girl living with her parents and siblings in the Pakistani city of Lahore when she suffered sexual abuse, and the trauma has lived with her over the years.

Jammu & Kashmir: Students protest infant deaths

07-06-2012
Srinagar, J & K, India, (Greater Kashmir): In a unique way to protest the death of more than 480 infants in GB Pant hospital, students of various schools at Batamaloo in collaboration with Social Reform Organization (SRO) – an NGO on Wednesday organized protest rally under the banner -

Pakistan: US kills al Qa'ida number two in drone strike

06-06-2012
WASHINGTON, (Agencies) : The United States said Tuesday that al Qaeda number two Abu Yahya al-Libi was dead, after a drone strike dealt the weightiest blow to the terror group since the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Pakistani minister's senate membership suspended over dual nationality

05-06-2012
ISLAMABAD, (Xinhua): The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday suspended the parliament membership of the country's Interior Minister Rehman Malik over dual nationality, court officials said.

Pakistan: 16 people killed in US drone strikes

05-06-2012
MIRANSHAH, (The News): Sixteen people, including suspected militants, were killed and some others injured in one of the deadliest US drone strikes in North Waziristan at Hasukhel village of Mir Ali subdivision on Monday, tribal sources said.

Jammu & Kashmir: 10 killed in accidents

05-06-2012
Srinagar, J&K, India, (GK News Network): Ten persons were killed and nine others injured in six road accidents in Kashmir Valley Monday, police said.

Pakistan: 25 killed in bus accident near Kahuta

04-06-2012
RAWALPINDI, (Agencies): At least 25 people were killed and 60 injured in an accident near Kahuta on Sunday, DawnNews reported.

Pakistan: US drone strike kills ten in South Waziristan

03-06-2012
PESHAWAR, (Agencies): US drone strikes targeting a militant house and vehicle in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal area killed at least ten suspected militants Sunday including two key militant commanders, security officials said, the second attack in 24 hours.

Pakistan: Fighter jets pound militant hideouts in Khyber, five killed

02-06-2012
PESHAWAR, (Dawn): Five militants were reportedly killed on Saturday in an assault by fighter jets in the northwestern Khyber tribal region, DawnNews reported.

Jammu & Kashmir: Govt accused of disappearance of 9500 people

02-06-2012
Srinagar, J & K, India, (Greater Kashmir): Accusing the government of being responsible for disappearance of 9500 persons in last 20 years, Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said that incidents like Al-Faran kidnapping, Chattisinghpora massacre and Machil fake encounter were the handiwork of government agencies aimed at defaming Kashmir movement.

Jammu & Kashmir: Chair of J & K Lib Front Malik detained in Banihal

02-06-2012
Srinagar, J & K,India, (Greater Kashmir): Police on Friday detained the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Muhammad Yasin Malik, along with his supporters near Jawahar Tunnel on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway. Malik was scheduled to address a public rally in Banihal.

India: Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh killed

01-06-2012
Ara, (Agencies):

Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Bihar's Bhojpur district early Friday morning, police said.

India: Wakf Board all set to resume encroached land in Malkajgiri

31-05-2012
HYDERABAD, (Times of India): The AP State Wakf Board is planning to resume Koh-e-Imam-e-Zamin Dargah property in Malkajgiri in the city following the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissing a petition filed by Qamar Hasan Razwi who had claimed that he was the rightful mutawalli (custodian) of the dargah.

Pakistan: Shi'a shot dead in Quetta in sectarian killing

31-05-2012
QUETTA, (Dawn): A man belonging to the Hazara community was shot dead in the Joint road area on Wednesday evening and police described it as a case of targeted sectarian attack.

Ali Muhammad was passing through the Joint road area when men on a motorcycle opened fire. He suffered multiple injuries and died on the spot.

http://dawn.com/2012/05/31/man-dies-in-sectarian-attack/

India: Muslim leaders’ concern of terror arrest of Kashmir students

30-05-2012
New Delhi, (GK News Network): Leaders of various Muslim organizations have expressed serious concern over the “illegal” detention and arrest of two Kashmiri students allegedly by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of UP police.

Jammu & Kashmir: 3 women among 5 die in Banihal mishap

29-05-2012
Ramban, J & K, India, (Greater Kashmir): At least five persons, including three women, were killed when a mini-bus, they were traveling in, skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Chapnari area of Banihal on Monday morning.

Pakistan: Sectarian attack: 3 killed, 6 injured in Parachinar

28-05-2012
KOHAT, (The Express Tribune): At least three people were killed and six were injured when unidentified assailants ambushed a passenger vehicle near Charkhel village in lower Kurram Agency on Monday, a political administration official said.

Pakistan: Intelligence Bureau report:: sectarian groups growing stronger

28-05-2012
ISLAMABAD (The Express Tribune): Sectarian groups in Pakistan have grown ‘stronger than ever’ and pose a grave threat to state and society, according to an assessment carried out by the country’s intelligence services.

Nepal calls elections as constitution deadline passes

28-05-2012
Nepal's prime minister has called a fresh parliamentary election after warring political parties failed to reach an agreement on a new constitution. The deadline for the new statute passed at midnight on Sunday.

Pakistan: Three killed as gunmen attack passenger coaches in Lower Kurram

28-05-2012
PESHAWAR, (Dawn): Unknown assailants opened fire on two passenger coaches in the Kurram tribal region’s Charkhel area on Monday killing three people, including two women, and injuring six others, DawnNews reported.

India: Kashmiri students arrested in UP

28-05-2012
Srinagar, (Greter Kashmir): The arrest of two Kashmiri students by Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh Police has trigged panic among Kashmiri students studying there.

Pakistan: Two die in Quetta rocket attacks

27-05-2012
QUETTA, (Dawn): Two men were killed and 20 others, two women among them, injured in two rocket attacks here on Saturday evening.

Pakistan: 4 killed in US drone strike in NW Pakistan

26-05-2012
ISLAMABAD, (Xinhua): At least four people were killed and two others were injured in a U.S. drone strike launched early Saturday morning in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local Urdu TV channel Samaa.

Pakistan: Grenade attack near Karachi Central Jail; 11 injured

26-05-2012
KARACHI, (Dawn): A hand grenade attack in Karachi on Saturday injured eleven people, DawnNews reported.The attack took place near a hotel opposite the Karachi Central Jail.

Pakistan: 10 killed in US drone attack on NWA mosque

25-05-2012
MIRANSHAH/PESHAWAR, (The News): Ten people were killed and three others seriously injured in yet another US drone attack, this time on a mosque in Hasukhel village in the Mir Ali subdivision of North Waziristan Agency early Thursday.

Pakistan: Dr Afridi jailed for 33 years for helping CIA

24-05-2012
LANDI KOTAL, (Dawn): A local doctor accused of helping the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) acquire DNA samples of members of Osama bin Laden’s family was sentenced on Wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason.

Jammu & Kashmir: Two more children die

24-05-2012
Srinagar, J & K, Indian (Greater Kashmir): At a time when GB Pant hospital corridors smell some change due to ‘strict regulations’ put in place by the newly appointed Medical Superintendent, its wards still witness child deaths with two babies losing their life in the critical care unit on Wednesday.

Arson attack on a mosque in Burma

02-12-2003
KALADAN NEWS, Buthidaung: On November 04, 2003, some Rakhine youths attacked a mosque and its guesthouse at around 9:00 pm in Buthidaung Town, Arakan State, according to our correspondent.

MYANMAR A People Facing Buddhist Violence

MYANMAR People Facing Buddhist Violence

Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) has a population of 48 million, 15 percent of whom are Muslims. Most of the rest are Buddhists. The Muslims live in the Arakan region of the country.

The violence Myanmar

Girl walks at the site of her house, which was burned during recent violence in Sittwe 16/06/2012 REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:30 GMT

Source: reuters // Reuters

* Uneasy calm in villages and capital of Rakhine state
* Aid slowly arriving for thousands of displaced
* Violence could easily reignite when villagers return (Adds details)

A Long History of Injustice Ignored: Rohingya/Burma/Myanmar

by Sheila Musaji

The Asia News just posted an article about the current ethnic violence in Myanmar/Burma in which at least 50 people have died - Burma riots: What the media isn’t telling you by Francis Wade which discusses the current ethnic turmoil in Burma. He says in part

... One thing people seem loath to report is the blatantly racist element to the unrest, which Buddhist Burmese and Arakanese must take the bulk of responsibility for (perhaps however it is because they have greater access to media in which to vent opinions).

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