Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Asia - Voice of America: More Than 20 Killed in Sectarian Violence in Burma

Asia - Voice of America
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More Than 20 Killed in Sectarian Violence in Burma
Jun 12th 2012, 17:23

More than 20 people have been killed in western Burma's Rakhine State, as international pressure mounts for an end to the sectarian fighting between ethnic-Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims. President Thein Sein has declared a state of emergency and has sent army troops to Rakhine, which has been hit with a wave of rioting and arson in recent days.  Hundreds of homes have been destroyed. There was a heavy security presence Tuesday in the regional capital, Sittwe, where ...

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