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06/09/2017 GMT

Aung San Suu Kyi Says 'Fake News Helping Terrorists'

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Myanmar's de facto leader says the crisis in Rakhine state is being distorted

Myanmar's de facto leader says the crisis in Rakhine state is being distorted by misinformation.

The country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, says the crisis in Rakhine state is being distorted by misinformation. UN officials estimate that more than one-hundred-and-forty thousand Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh. 
	
Also: Australia to pay thirteen-thousand offshore detainees fifty-five million US dollars in compensation, Human Rights Watch accuses the Egyptian security services of systematic torture and how dogs communicate by sneezing.

(Photo: Aung San Suu Kyi. Credit: Getty Images)

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