Myanmar
Myanmar frees political prisoners before president goes to U.S.
YANGON - Myanmar's government has freed 23 political prisoners, a senior interior ministry official said on Friday, the day President Thein Sein was due to leave for a landmark visit to the United States.
Cyclone Mahasen buffets Bangladesh coast, six dead
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh - Cyclone Mahasen buffeted Bangladesh's low-lying coast on Thursday, killing six people after forcing many thousands into emergency shelters, but authorities downgraded warnings later in the day as the storm lost strength.
Myanmar authorities work to evacuate camps as cyclone nears
SITTWE, Myanmar - Authorities in Myanmar struggled on Wednesday to evacuate tens of thousands of people, most of them Rohingya Muslims, before a cyclone reaches camps in low-lying regions that have been their home since ethnic and religious unrest last year.
Rohingya Muslims drown off Myanmar trying to flee storm
SITTWE, Myanmar - A boat carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized off western Myanmar and many were feared drowned at the beginning of a mass evacuation from low-lying regions ahead of a powerful storm, a United Nations official said on Tuesday.
Dalai Lama decries Buddhist attacks on Muslims in Myanmar
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday decried Buddhist monks' attacks on Muslims in Myanmar, saying killing in the name of religion was "unthinkable."
Muslims in Myanmar barricade village as attacks spread
WIN KITE, Myanmar - Three Muslim men peered over a bamboo fence built recently to fortify their village in central Myanmar. They gazed across dry rice paddies towards a nearby Buddhist community, looking for rising dust, a sign of an approaching mob.
U.S. lifts more sanctions on Myanmar to support reforms
WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday lifted another set of sanctions against Myanmar to support reforms in the formerly army-ruled country, while retaining visa and investment bans against individuals accused of human rights abuses.
Myanmar forces restore order after latest anti-Muslim violence
KYAW BOI LAY, Myanmar - Hundreds of police and troops restored order in central Myanmar on Wednesday after a fresh outbreak of sectarian violence in which one man was killed after Buddhist mobs trashed property owned by Muslims following a minor street incident.
Mosque, Muslim shops attacked near Myanmar's biggest city
YANGON - Rioters attacked a mosque and Muslim businesses in central Myanmar on Tuesday, police said, the closest a series of sectarian clashes pitting Muslims against majority Buddhists has come to the commercial capital Yangon.
Myanmar should deploy more troops in volatile state -commission
YANGON - Myanmar must urgently address the plight of Muslims displaced by sectarian bloodshed in western Rakhine State and double the number of security forces to control the still-volatile region, an independent commission said on Monday.
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An uncertain fate
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