Rakhine State

Myanmar arrests 30 over killing of 10 Muslims
Myanmar soldiers patrol in a street at a village in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine state in western Myanmar on June 14. (AP Photo)
July 02, 2012
YANGON -- Police in Myanmar have arrested 30 people in connection with the vigilante killing of 10 Muslims that helped spark days of sectarian violence in Rakhine state last...
Muslim, Buddhist mob violence threatens new Myanmar ...
Rohingya protesters gather in front of a United Nations regional office in Bangkok on June 11, to call for an end to the ongoing unrest and violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Myanmar's president declared a state of emergency in the western state on June 10 where sectarian tensions between Buddhists and Muslims have unleashed deadly violence. (AP Photo)
June 11, 2012
SITTWE, Myanmar -- Northwest Myanmar was tense on June 11 after sectarian violence engulfed its largest city at the weekend, with Reuters witnessing rival mobs of Muslims and...
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