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May Myat Noe, Myanmar's first international beauty queen, winner of the 2014 Miss Asia Pacific World, sits with her crown that she allegedly ran away with, during a press conference in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. The dethroned beauty queen from Myanmar said she won't return her $100,000 worth crown until the pageant's organizers apologize for calling her a liar and a thief. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Dethroned Myanmar beauty queen blasts pageant boss

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In this June 24, 2014 photo, seven-years old Mubari Khuson stands in Dar Paing, a camp for Rohingya Muslims in north of Sittwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar. Naked boys and girls run barefoot on the muddy, narrow pathways, or play in pools of raw sewage, exposing them to potential waterborne diseases that kill. Some have black hair tinged with patches of red or blond, a tell-tale sign of nutrient deficiency commonly seen in places experiencing famine.
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Rohingya children in Myanmar camps going hungry

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UN Myanmar envoy worried over displaced Muslims
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UN Myanmar envoy worried over displaced Muslims

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In this June 27, 2014 photo, tears roll down the face of Shamshu Nahad after she learned that her newly born daughter has died in Dar Paing, a camp for Rohingya Muslims in north of Sittwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar. Living under apartheid-like conditions, she and other residents have little or no access to life-saving medical care, food, clean water, or jobs. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Myanmar camp baby a brief chapter in painful story

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In this June 10, 2014 photo, a teenager lifts a basket of gravel, weighing about 19 kilograms (42 pounds) in a barge anchored in the banks of Yangon River, Myanmar. He receives 35 kyats ($0.037) for hauling a basket full of gravel from a boat to shore, walking a distance of about 30 meters (100 feet) on a narrow timber beam. Child labor remains widespread in Myanmar as the country tries to rebuild its economy after five decades of military misrule. More than one-third of Myanmar's children between the ages of 7 to 16 work, according to the United Nations. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Hauling gravel: Daily toil for Myanmar boy, 11

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In this May 22, 2014 photo, Aung Myint types a document from his sidewalk stand in Yangon, Myanmar. The 67-year-old insists typewriters still have some advantages over computers.
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Typewriters, telegrams cling to life in Myanmar

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Myanmar President Thein Sein delivers a statement concluding the Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders Summit in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, May 11 2014. Vietnam and the Philippines pushed for stronger action to confront China's aggressive behavior in the South China Sea in the first regional summit hosted by Myanmar, but President Thein Sein made no direct mention of the China in his statement. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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China tensions top Southeast Asian summit talks

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In this May 15, 2013 photo, displaced Rohingya people take shelter in a building adjoining a mosque, outskirts of Sittwe, western Rakhine State, Myanmar. Many of those displaced by recent violence live under apartheid-like conditions in tattered canvas tents, and long bamboo houses shared by dozens of families.(AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Lack of health care deadly for Myanmar’s Rohingya

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In this April 4, 2014 photo, children catch fish in an almost dried-up reservoir bed in Dala, suburbs of Yangon, Myanmar. Dwellers of Dala rely on natural fresh-water ponds for water, but during Myanmar's annual dry season in April and May, there is only so much to go around. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Waiting for water: Myanmar villages left behind

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Myanmar rebels, villagers destroy poppy crops
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Myanmar rebels, villagers destroy poppy crops

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