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Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech to the nation over Rakhine and Rohingya situation.

Aung San Suu Kyi breaks her silence on Rohingya crisis, but a fellow Nobel laureate isn’t impressed

Conflict

“She is not acting like a beacon of hope for democracy, in my book. Nor is she protecting the human rights of all of the people of Myanmar.”

Injuries and fatalities from landmine explosions globally have fallen since the creation of an international mine ban treaty in 1997, though 4,000 fatalities still occur annually. Here, demining efforts followed a landslide in Bosnia & Herzegovina in May.

Will the US join other nations in banning land mines?

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Nobel Women Urge U.S. to Act on Climate Change

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Nobel women urge U.S. to act on climate change

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