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Myanmar has repatriated on Saturday the first five of the almost 700,000 Rohingya refugees who stayed in camps in Bangladesh. Last week, a senior UN official said that conditions in Myanmar were not favorable for repatriation.

The Myanmar armed forces recognize that soldiers were complicit in the deaths of several Rohingya. It concerns ten people who were taken prisoner before their death, the army said. Their bodies were later found in a mass grave in the troubled province of Rakhine.

Pope Francis has met with the Myanmar army leader Min Aung Hlaing. The men talked for a quarter of an hour in a cathedral in Yangon and exchanged gifts.

Pope Francis landed in Myanmar on Monday morning. This is the first visit of a Catholic church leader to the Southeast Asian country, which is predominantly Buddhist.

The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for an independent investigation into alleged human rights violations against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar on Wednesday. He did that after a meeting with military and civilian leaders from the Asian country.

Human rights organizations responded to a report from the Myanmar Army, which denies any involvement of soldiers in cruelties against the Rohingya population. According to Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, it is clear that impartial research is offered by the United Nations.

In Myanmar a mass grave was discovered with 28 deaths, including several children. According to the army, it is Hindus killed in a robbery by rebels of the Muslim minority Rohingya.

The air force of Myanmar, which crashed last month in the Andaman Sea, was probably due to bad weather. Experts draw that conclusion after investigating data from the black box, state media reported Wednesday. At the accident, all 122 passengers died.

In a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar are four million methamphetamine pills were found. A monk is associated with the party drug representing a street value of at least 7.5 million.

In a collision between Myanmar's army and Muslim militants in the state of Rakhine are Saturday eight people were killed. 36 people have been arrested, reports state newspaper The Global New Light of Myanmar.

The military in Myanmar has several thousand Rohingya from their homes in the northwest of the country, after attacks in the area by members of the security forces. Which sources have told within the Muslim Rohingya community.

An accident involving a ferry in northwest Myanmar has cost certainly fourteen lives. Dozens of people are missing, said one of the rescuers Monday.

Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar in fact, has vowed to build a democratic federal union in which there is room for ethnic minorities. Specific populations they are not however mentioned.

The new president of Myanmar has set free dozens of political prisoners again. The release of the 83 people to contribute to national reconciliation, the government said Sunday. Earlier this month, arrived about a hundred prisoners.

One of the most popular tourist attractions in the temple plain of Bagan in Myanmar will soon be banned. As of March 1, it is no longer allowed to climb the centuries-old buildings, the Ministry of Culture announced Tuesday.

The party of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar obtained an absolute majority in parliament. That is what the electoral commission announced Friday. Earlier on Friday said the National League for Democracy (NLD), Suu Kyi was on two seats of the majority. A quarter of the seats in parliament are reserved for the military rulers.

The National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi is advisable to book a great victory in the first free elections in Myanmar in 25 years. Of the 54 constituencies have been counted now, the NLD won 49 lower house seats. The House of Commons has 440 seats, of which a quarter is reserved for the military junta.

The National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi has to start twelve parliamentary seats won in the first twelve constituencies where the results became known.

After the peaceful elections in Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi called on its supporters to exercise restraint while the votes are counted yet. The politician said that her National League for Democracy (NLD) has probably achieved good results, but it should not prejudge matters.

The historic elections in Myanmar on Sunday in good order expired. The polling stations closed Sunday (local time), after all day long queues stood before the doors with people who wanted to vote. This is the first that there are free elections in Myanmar.

Members of the main opposition party in Myanmar on Thursday during a procession attacked by men with machetes and knives. The march in Rangoon organized by the National League for Democracy (NLD). Three people have been injured.