Religious Conflict Continues To Escalate In Burma

Myanmar Forces Struggle To Contain Ethnic And Religious Violence -- L.A. Times

NEW DELHI -- Security forces struggled to contain clashes in western Myanmar on Tuesday after days of ethnic and religious violence left at least a dozen people killed and thousands displaced.

The fighting between majority Rakhine Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims is posing a serious challenge for the national government and its reform agenda as it seeks to end decades of isolation and military rule.

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More News On Burma's Religious/Ethnic Violence

Death toll passes 20 in Myanmar ethnic violence -- Miami Herald/AP
Burma faces more unrest in Rakhine state -- BBC
Sectarian violence rages in Myanmar's northwest -- Reuters
Homes burn, guns boom
in strife-hit Myanmar city -- Khaleej Times/AP
Burma ethnic violence escalates as villagers flee -- The Guardian
Troops Patrol Western Burma as Sectarian Strife Continues -- Voice of America
Bangladesh turns away more Muslims fleeing Myanmar -- AFP
Will Ethnic Violence Kill Burma’s Fragile Reforms? -- Hannah Beech, Time
Q&A: Unrest in Burma's Rakhine state -- BBC