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Seeking shelter in Bangladesh

Published 06/20/2012 12:00 AM
Updated 06/19/2012 11:47 PM

Mohammad Rafique, a Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar, center, begs a Bangladesh Coast Guard official not to send his family back to Myanmar Tuesday at Shahporir Dwip in Taknaf, Bangladesh. Rafique's wife, Amina Akhtar, gave birth to a son they have named Sangram at St. Martin Island in Bangladesh after they fled ethnic violence between Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar a few days ago.

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