For many kids who are threatened by disease, natural disasters and war in places like Somalia, Bangladesh, Myanmar and too many other developing countries, this spare change has meant the difference between thriving and merely surviving, health and illness, even life and death.

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The unrest in the western coastal area of Myanmar, which borders Bangladesh, has left 21 people dead and thousands seeking shelter in refugee camps, Myanmar state TV reported Tuesday evening.

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China is building ports in Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

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Muslims account for only 4% of the country's 60 million people, but they have been increasingly targeted by militant Buddhists, including some monks, since a series of attacks and burnings in Myanmar's western Rakhine state, which neighbors Bangladesh, last year left more than 180 dead and 100, 000 displaced, most of them ethnic Rohingya Muslims.

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Bangladesh says the Rohingya have been living in Myanmar for centuries and should be recognized there as citizens.

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Cyclone Mohasen is expected to land in Bangladesh on Thursday, but strong wind and rain will be felt earlier, there and in Myanmar.

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For years the fear of a large-scale exodus from Myanmar, as happened in 1978 and again in 1991-92, has scuppered efforts by international agencies to nudge Bangladesh's government into improving the lot of the Rohingyas.

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