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As US lifts sanctions, Myanmar kills muslim women
At least three women from the Rohingya minority were killed when police fired on protesters in Burma’s Rakhine state. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22780085 The women – one of whom was pregnant – were protesting because the authorities were planning to move them to another temporary camp. Tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims remain displaced in the wake of […]
Pope denies fault in Argentina’s “Dirty War”
The new pope and former head of the Jesuits in Argentina stands accused of failing to confront the country’s 1976-1983 military junta as it kidnapped and killed thousands in its “Dirty War” against leftist opponents. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21802684 One of two priests kidnapped in 1976 – who has since died – later accused new pope Jorge Bergoglio […]
Dirty Babylon 