Saturday, October 27, 2012

Thousands Flee Escalating Sectarian Conflict In Burma



Fleeing Muslims Seek Food, Shelter After Myanmar Sectarian Chaos -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Boatloads of Muslims struggled to reach refugee camps and sought safety on islands and in coastal villages on Saturday as Myanmar tried to put out the fires of a week of sectarian unrest that has shaken its fragile democratic transition.

Dozens of rickety wooden vessels packed with the stateless Rohingya Muslims who fled clashes with Buddhists in western Rakhine state had reached land by Saturday after two days at sea, but nine boats were still unaccounted for, according to several Rohingya refugee sources reached by telephone.

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More News On Myanmar's Sectarian Chaos

Burma's leader admits deadly attacks on Muslims
-- The Guardian
Burma destruction widespread after ethnic clashes -- CBC
Burmese government accused of failing to stop anti-Muslim violence -- The Telegraph
Dozens Are Killed in Myanmar as Sectarian Violence Flares Again -- New York Times
Global Concerns Grow Over the Muslim-Buddhist Conflicts in Myanmar -- Wall Street Journal
Burma acknowledges mass burnings in Rakhine unrest -- BBC
Burma satellite images show destruction in Rakhine state -- BBC
Human rights groups decry Myanmar ethnic strife -- AP
Myanmar Muslims call off Eid celebrations -- CNN

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