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Myanmar unrest toll hits 40
AFP, Published on 26/03/2013
» The confirmed death toll from recent communal violence in central Myanmar has risen to 40 after eight more bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a riot-hit town, state media reported on Tuesday.
Riot-hit Myanmar urges end to 'religious extremism'
AFP, Published on 26/03/2013
» Myanmar's reformist government on Monday called for an end to "terrorist acts and religious extremism" following a new eruption of communal violence in the former military-ruled nation.
Fresh communal clashes rock central Myanmar
AFP, Published on 25/03/2013
» Dozens of houses and a mosque have been torched as communal violence spread in central Myanmar, officials said Sunday, defying authorities' efforts to quell deadly clashes between Buddhists and Muslims.
Myanmar unrest spreads: officials
AFP, Published on 24/03/2013
» YANGON - Dozens of houses and a mosque have been torched as communal violence spread in Myanmar, officials said Sunday, adding scores of people have been arrested.