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The plight of Rohingya refugees is the backdrop to Pope Francis' landmark visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh this week. But in the vast refugee camps on the border, there is puzzlement, with many asking: "Who is he?" from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8260656 http://ift.tt/2AqcqeK

The study describes, for example, how Beijing is financing a string of ports in the Indian Ocean region, including in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Pakistan, Burma, Djibouti, Kenya and the United Arab Emirates. The proposed investment is nearly $250 billion. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8260656 http://ift.tt/2BmShDt

A monitoring group says a Tibetan monk has set himself on fire in western China in an apparent protest against Chinese rule in the traditionally Tibetan region. Citing an unidentified friend, London-based Free Tibet said 63-year-old Tenga set himself alight on Sunday in Sichuan province's Kardze county while shouting "We want freedom in Tibet." from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8260656 http://ift.tt/2AnzqLF

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Dominic O'Connor, used a lead to kill the animal in County Down, Northern Ireland, last December, before chopping it up with an axe and cooking it for food for his other dog Shadow. from News Articles | Mail Online http://ift.tt/2ndEo8d

The court ruled that Oskar Groening, who was found guilty in July 2015 of being an accessory to the murders of 300,000 people at the Nazi death camp in occupied Poland, is not too old to do time. from News Articles | Mail Online http://ift.tt/2i2makP

Unification Minister Cho Myoung-Gyon made the remarks as reports said annual South Korea-US military exercises might be postponed to avoid coinciding with the winter games and Paralympics. from News Articles | Mail Online http://ift.tt/2BAJApU