Arakan State, Burma News

A Rohingya man pushes a rickshaw leaving a camp for displaced Rohingya people in Sittwe, northwestern Rakhine State, Myanmar, Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Displaced people in Khaung Doke Khar, Myanmar, were moved out of tents to nearby government shelters outside Sittwe, Rakhine state ahead of Cyclone Mahasen.

In this Nov. 19, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama, left, stands next to Myanmar President Thein Sein during a group photo session at the East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

YANGON, Myanmar, May 16 - As Cyclone Mahasen approaches the coasts of Myanmar and Bangladesh, more than 35,000 internally displaced people in Myanmar's Rakhine state have been moved to safer locations under a government evacuation plan.

A child uses a World Food Program bag to shelter from the rain at Bawdupha camp for internally displaced Rohingya Muslims, near Sittwe, Arakan State.

A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents wedged a stick between his teeth to stop him from biting off his tongue.

Minister Aung Min addresses an audience of diplomatic officials, NGOs and media at the Myanmar Peace Center on Wednesday in Rangoon.

This image provided by the Naval Research Lab shows tropical cyclone Mahasen taken Wednesday May 15, 2013 at 0600 GMT.

A massive evacuation to clear low-lying camps ahead of a cyclone has run into a potentially deadly snag: Many members of the displaced Rohingya minority living in the camps have refused to leave, distrustful of Myanmar authorities.

This image provided by the Naval Research Lab shows tropical cyclone Mahasen taken Wednesday May 15, 2013 at 0600 GMT.

Internally displaced Rohingya boys shiver in rain in a makeshift camp for Rohingya people in Sittwe, northwestern Rakhine State, Myanmar, ahead of the arrival of Cyclone Mahasen.

A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents wedged a stick between his teeth to stop him from biting off his tongue.

Despite Kyaukphyu Township in Arakan State being granted US $10 million to improve its electricity supply by a Chinese firm, the area suffers regular blackouts, Narinjara News reported on Tuesday.

The site of a destroyed mosque in April after ethnic violence in Sittwe: at least 192 people were killed in June and October last year in violence in Rakhine state.

Children stand outside a hospital in a camp for Muslims, outside Sittwe May 13, 2013.

People displaced by violence in Pauktaw pass the time at their shelters at Owntaw refugee camp for Muslims outside Sittwe in November 2012.

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China been successful in establishing its presence in ports around India including Chittagong in Bangladesh, Sittwe and Coco Island in Myanmar, Hambantota in Sri Lanka and Gwadar in Pakistan, which gives it capability to stay close to Indian waters from all sides in a move known as "string of pearls". NEW DELHI: Increasing presence of the Chinese ... (more)

Arakan State authorities and the UN said they are preparing refugees for the arrival of a tropical storm, which is due to hit the Arakan coast on Thursday.

Four police officers were detained by authorities over the weekend in Arakan State after they were caught with large amounts of methamphetamine pills, known locally as yaba, which they had confiscated from a Buddhist monk.