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World Court rejects Myanmar's objections, Rohingya genocide case will proceed

FILE PHOTO: An exhausted Rohingya refugee woman touches the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo

World Court judges on Friday dismissed objections by Myanmar to a genocide case brought against it for its treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority, paving the way for the case to proceed.

(Reporting by Toby Sterling; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees walk at Jamtoli camp in the morning in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo
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