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Violence flares in Burma ahead of Obama visit

By AP News Fri, Nov 16, 2012 5:26PM UTC 0 Comment

YANGON, Burma (AP) — Ethnic rebels in northern Burma staged a deadly attack on a prison convoy, state media reported Friday, highlighting one of the country’s violence-plagued corners days before President Barack Obama’s historic visit to the former pariah state. About 30 ethnic Kachin rebels ambushed the five-car convoy Wednesday in Kachin state, killing two...

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Burma: Fresh clashes between Muslims, Buddhists

By AP News Tue, Oct 23, 2012 5:04PM UTC 0 Comment

YANGON, Burma (AP) — Fresh clashes between Muslims and Buddhists have broken out in volatile western Burma, leaving at least three people dead and hundreds of homes burned to the ground, authorities said Tuesday. The unrest, which erupted Sunday night, is some of the worst reported between Rohingya Muslims and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists since skirmishes...

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Burma students swell ranks at land grab protest

By AP News Wed, Sep 12, 2012 4:00PM UTC 0 Comment

YANGON, Burma (AP) — Students have joined farmers and other protesters against a land grab for a copper mining project in northwestern Burma. The student activists from the city of Mandalay joined Tuesday’s protest in Monywa in northwestern Sagaing region after police arrested 12 demonstrators on Monday. Land rights activist Win Cho in Yangon said...

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Burma invites anti-colonialist home from exile

By AP News Mon, Sep 10, 2012 11:00AM UTC 0 Comment

YANGON, Burma (AP) — One of Burma’s legendary “Thirty Comrades” who spearheaded the struggle against British colonialism has been invited back from exile by President Thein Sein. The daughter of 92-year-old Kyaw Zaw told U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia in an interview this weekend that the invitation was conveyed by President’s Office Minister Aung Min. She...

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Islamic group sends team to Burma to investigate Rohingya violence

By AP News Thu, Sep 06, 2012 7:16PM UTC 0 Comment

YANGON, Burma (AP) — The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has sent a team to investigate deadly violence between Buddhists and Muslims that sparked allegations of human rights violations against the minority Muslim community. The fact-finding team arrived Thursday for a 10-day visit ahead of a trip planned by OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. The 57-nation...

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