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Nearly 90,000 Rohingya escape Myanmar violence as humanitarian crisis looms

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Rohingya fleeing to neighbouring Bangladesh say a campaign of arson and killings by the Myanmar army aims to force them out

By Simon Lewis and Wa Lone

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh/YANGON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Nearly 90,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar in August, pressuring scarce resources of aid agencies and communities already helping hundreds of thousands of refugees from previous spasms of violence in Myanmar.

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