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Myanmar jails man for attack that sparked rioting

Myanmar jails man for attack that sparked rioting

Jun 13th, 2013 - 04:30h (CET +01.00)

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A Muslim man whose attack on a Buddhist woman set off sectarian rioting in Myanmar's northeast has been sentenced to 26 years in prison, a local politician said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]

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Prestigious forum draws decision-makers to Myanmar

Prestigious forum draws decision-makers to Myanmar

Jun 5th, 2013 - 18:10h (CET +01.00)

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar prepared Wednesday to show off what two years of reform-minded elected government has accomplished as it welcomed business titans and decision-makers from around the world to the Asian edition of the prestigious Worl... [Full Article]

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Radical monks, prejudice fuel Myanmar violence

Radical monks, prejudice fuel Myanmar violence

Jun 1st, 2013 - 01:30h (CET +01.00)

LASHIO, Myanmar (AP) - When a huge mob of Buddhist thugs crawled on the roof of Ma Sandar Soe's shop, doused it with gasoline and set it ablaze, the Buddhist businesswoman didn't blame them for burning it to the ground despite seeing it hap... [Full Article]

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Violence against Myanmar Muslims has many causes

Violence against Myanmar Muslims has many causes

May 31st, 2013 - 16:30h (CET +01.00)

LASHIO, Myanmar (AP) - When a huge mob of Buddhist thugs crawled on the roof of Ma Sansar Soe's shop, doused it with gasoline and set it ablaze, the Buddhist businesswoman didn't blame them for burning it to the ground despite seeing it hap... [Full Article]

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Myanmar Muslims find shelter in Buddhist monastery

Myanmar Muslims find shelter in Buddhist monastery

May 31st, 2013 - 03:40h (CET +01.00)

LASHIO, Myanmar (AP) - More than 1,000 Muslims who fled Myanmar's latest bout of sectarian violence huddled in a Buddhist monastery guarded by army soldiers as calm returned to this northeastern city, though burnt out buildings leveled by Buddhi... [Full Article]

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Fearful Myanmar Muslims shelter in monastery

Fearful Myanmar Muslims shelter in monastery

May 30th, 2013 - 12:40h (CET +01.00)

LASHIO, Myanmar (AP) - Some 1,200 Muslims are sheltering in a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar's northeastern town of Lashio, where troops are keeping order after two days of violence that saw one person killed and Muslim properties burned down. (S... [Full Article]

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Buddhist mobs spread fear among Myanmar's Muslims

Buddhist mobs spread fear among Myanmar's Muslims

May 29th, 2013 - 22:40h (CET +01.00)

LASHIO, Myanmar (AP) - It was a terrifying sight: hundreds of angry, armed men on motorcycles advancing up a dusty street with no one to stop them. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]

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1 dead, 4 hurt in anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar

1 dead, 4 hurt in anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar

May 29th, 2013 - 18:20h (CET +01.00)

LASHIO, Myanmar (AP) - Hundreds of Buddhist men on motorcycles, screaming and waving iron rods and sticks, roamed the streets of a town in northeastern Myanmar on Wednesday in a new wave of violence targeting Muslims. At least one person died and fou... [Full Article]

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Buddhist mobs attack Muslim homes for second day in Myanmar

Buddhist mobs attack Muslim homes for second day in Myanmar

May 29th, 2013 - 14:40h (CET +01.00)

By Jared Ferrie LASHIO, Myanmar (Reuters) - Buddhist mobs armed with sticks and machetes burned Muslim homes on Wednesday for a second day in the northern Myanmar city of Lashio, contradicting government assurances that soldiers and police had restor... [Full Article]

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Mosque, orphanage burned in new Myanmar violence

Mosque, orphanage burned in new Myanmar violence

May 29th, 2013 - 12:30h (CET +01.00)

LASHIO, Myanmar (AP) - Hundreds of Buddhists on motorcycles waved iron rods and bamboo poles and threw rocks in this northeastern Myanmar town Wednesday, a day after a mosque and a Muslim orphanage were torched in a new wave of violence targeting the... [Full Article]

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