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Asian Nations: Myanmar Burma and Wall Screen

asian nations: I cannot hide my deep concern with the dramatic movement of hundreds of thousands of refugees from Myanmar Burma to Bangladesh, Guterres told the ASEAN leaders, according to Toronto Star. Suu Kyi sat close to him but looked mostly at a wall screen showing the UN leader. He met with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on the sidelines of its summit in Manila. Read more Once fighting non-intervention policies, Burma leader Suu Kyi now benefits from Southeast Asia's silence Article Continued Below Canadian government will match private donations toward Rohingya refugee crisis Papa! Help Me!' Boy cries out as boat with Rohingya refugees fleeing Burma capsizes Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma's Rakhine state since late August, when the military launched what they called clearance operations in response to insurgent attacks. Our correspondent reports from a sprawling makeshift city that houses hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people, driven from their homes by Burma's military. The refugees say soldiers and Buddhist mobs attacked them and burned their villages to force them to flee. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.