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Myanmar''s ethnic cleansing plays into terrorist rhetoric

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An estimated third of Burma''s Rohingya Muslims have been forced to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh in what the UN Secretary-General bluntly calls "ethnic cleansing".A year ago, when she did attend the U-N General Assembly for the first time since becoming Burma''s de-facto leader. Aung San Suu Kyi promised to work towards finding a solution for the Rohingyas. So far, her expressed compassion for the plight of Rohingyas is second-hand.

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