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Yahoo NewsActivists cling to hope Myanmar leader will step up and fight ethnic cleansing
Myanmar’s head of state Aung San Suu Kyi was imprisoned for resisting the military junta and has a Nobel Peace Prize — but is strangely silent on the ethnic cleansing of the Muslim Rohingya minority in her Buddhist-majority country. Can she control her own military? Human rights activists hope so.
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In setting new limits on refugees, White House freezes out humanitarian agencies
Every year the president sets a limit on the admission of refugees from around the world, in consultation with various government and humanitarian agencies. This year, it’s all happening in the White House — and refugee advocates fear the cap will be at an all-time low.