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Myanmar minority resist Cyclone Mahasen evacuation

Internally displaced Rohingya people taking refuge in a building belongs to a mosque are silhouetted in Sittwe, northwestern Rakhine State, Myanmar, ahead of the arrival of Cyclone Mahasen, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. A massive evacuation to clear low-lying camps ahead of a cyclone has run into a potentially deadly snag as members of the displaced Rohingya minority living there have refused to leave because they don't trust Myanmar authorities. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar’s western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal.

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Police: Man, 19, sought in N.O. parade shootings

New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas announces the issuance of an arrest warrant for 19-year-old Akien Scott in the Mother's Day shootings during a news conference in front of police headquarters in New Orleans, Monday, May 13, 2013. Scott's photo is on the front of the podium. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police and federal authorities were searching early Tuesday for a young man who is suspected of opening fire at a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans, wounding 19.

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Shootings of 19 show New Orleans’ violence problem

New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas announces the issuance of an arrest warrant for 19-year-old Akien Scott in the Mother's Day shootings during a news conference in front of police headquarters in New Orleans, Monday, May 13, 2013. Scott's photo is on the front of the podium. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police late Monday identified a 19-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting of about 20 people during a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans, saying several people had identified him as the gunman captured by surveillance camera videos.

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