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UN says 28,000 displaced in Burma ethnic clashes

By AP News Mon, Oct 29, 2012 3:18PM UTC

SITTWE, Burma (AP) — The United Nations says the number of people displaced by ethnic and sectarian unrest in Burma last week has risen to 28,000. U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Burma Ashok Nigam says the figure is likely to rise because some people who fled affected areas along

Human rights groups call for action on Burma ethnic strife

By AP News Sun, Oct 28, 2012 1:34PM UTC

SITTWE, Burma (AP) — Human rights groups urged an end of sectarian violence in western Burma on Saturday, with one releasing satellite photos of what it said was an entire section of a town apparently burned to the ground by a marauding mob. A government spokesman for the region affected

Death toll tops 100 in Burma ethnic strife

By AP News Fri, Oct 26, 2012 4:28PM UTC

SITTWE, Burma (AP) — The death toll from recent ethnic violence in Burma’s western state of Rakhine has surpassed 100, an official said Friday, as the government warned that the strife risks harming the country’s reputation as it seeks to install democratic rule. Rakhine state spokesman Win Myaing said 112

Sectarian violence in Rakhine State becomes a new challenge for Burma

By Zin Linn Fri, Oct 26, 2012 2:18PM UTC

As a result of riots and crimes in May and June 2012, sectarian violence in western Burma has continued; riots and arson between groups of raging peoples, killing 50, wounding 54 and burning down 2230 houses and 14 religious buildings till 14 June, the president’s office says in its statement

Is ethnic Burma stable? The UN thinks so…

By Francis Wade Thu, Oct 25, 2012 7:08PM UTC

The fierce rioting in Arakan state and ongoing fighting in Burma’s north suggest the country’s “ethnic problem” – namely, the apathy of the military (and evidently some Burmese) towards those not from the Burman majority – is far from being solved. The unrest over the weekend in several townships in