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Myanmar leader to meet Obama but stalls on reforms

Human Rights Watch has accused authorities of fomenting an organized campaign of "ethnic cleansing" against the Muslims in Rakhine State, which the government has denied.----GOAL: Expedite...

Red Cross to resume visits to Myanmar detainees

Mauer was due to make a brief trip Thursday to western Rakhine state, which has been torn since last June by ethnic and sectarian violence that has driven more than 100,000 people from their homes.

Myanmar Muslims recall Buddhist assault

"---The unrest in Rakhine state was triggered by the rape and murder of a Buddhist woman in late May, allegedly by three Rohingya men.

UN concerned at Muslim-Buddhist clashes in Myanmar

The U.N. General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution welcoming positive changes in Myanmar but expressing serious concern at an upsurge of sectarian violence between Muslims and...

UN official calls for help for Myanmar's displaced

She called on the government to promote reconciliation in Rakhine State, where antagonism between the Buddhist Rakine and Muslim Rohingya communities burst into deadly ethnic violence this year.

Tourists trickle into violence-plagued W. Myanmar

Across western Myanmar's Rakhine state, the United Nations is distributing emergency supplies of food and shelter to terrified refugees who have fled burning homes.

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US denounces 'rise' in anti-Muslim sentiment

In Myanmar, officials allegedly fanned deadly anti-Muslim violence in Rakhine state while in...

Cyclone Mahasen batters Bangladesh; 1 million flee

In Rakhine state, around 140,000 people _ mostly Rohingya _ have been living in the camps since...

Bangladesh cleans up after killer cyclone

Myanmar state media had earlier reported some 70,000 people were evacuated from the camps and...

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Cyclone Threatens Bangladesh, Myanmar

Cyclone Threatens Bangladesh, Myanmar A tropical cyclone headed toward Bangladesh and western...

Myanmar should deploy more troops in volatile state: commission

The recommendations follow an April 22 report from Human Rights Watch that accused security...

Myanmar authorities accused of aiding killings of Muslims

The report into the Rakhine state violence, which called for international pressure on the...