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| Myanmar vows action on police abuse after video of beating emerges |
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| By Shwe Yee Saw Myint YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar has promised to take action against policemen who beat Muslims after footage of villagers being treated violently appeared online amid tension over a government crackdown aimed at rooting out suspected insurgents. Troops have poured into Rakhine State on Myanmar's northwestern border with Bangladesh since gunmen attacked border posts on Oct. 9, killing nine officers. The Myanmar army sweep has sent some 34,000 members of the Rohingya Muslim minority fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh, the United Nations says. |
| Three killed in car bomb attack on peacekeepers' Somali HQ |
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| At least three people were killed when a suicide attacker set off a car bomb at a checkpoint outside the main base of an African Union peacekeeping force in the Somali capital on Monday, police said. Islamist al Shabaab militants, who want to topple the Western-backed government, have carried out similar attacks in the past. A Reuters photographer at the scene saw the burnt-out shell of the bomber's car and another vehicle nearby on fire. |
| Islamic State claims responsibility for Istanbul attack - statement |
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 Islamic State claimed responsibility on Monday for a New Year's Day mass shooting in a packed Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people, an attack carried out by a lone gunman who remains at large. There was no immediate comment from Turkish officials. "In continuation of the blessed operations that Islamic State is conducting against the protector of the cross, Turkey, a heroic soldier of the caliphate struck one of the most famous nightclubs where the Christians celebrate their apostate holiday," the statement said.
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| Daughter of South Korean leader's friend arrested in Denmark amid graft probe |
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 By Christine Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Danish police have arrested the equestrian competitor daughter of a woman at the centre of a South Korean influence-peddling scandal that has engulfed President Park Geun-hye, police and prosecutors said on Monday. South Korean authorities had been seeking the arrest of Chung Yoo-ra, 20, for her ties to the scandal in which her mother, Choi Soon-sil, is a central figure. Chung had been sought for alleged criminal interference related to her academic record, and other unspecified charges.
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| Thai election won't happen this year, legislator says |
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 Thailand will need to delay a planned general election until 2018 to allow time to pass the necessary laws, a member of the military government's national assembly said on Monday. The junta toppled an elected government in 2014 in a bid to enforce calm in a country divided by more than a decade of conflict between a military-backed royalist establishment and populist political forces. Somjet Boonthanom, a member of the military-appointed National Legislative Assembly (NLA), told Reuters that elections would likely be delayed until March or April 2018.
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