Amid ethnic tension, 56 die in burned homes in Burma
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Amid ethnic tension, 56 die in burned homes in Burma

Yangon : Myanmar | Oct 25, 2012 at 11:45 AM PDT
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At least 56 people have been killed and nearly 2,000 homes destroyed in the latest outbreak of ethnic violence in western Burma, a government official said Thursday. The 25 men and 31 women were reported dead in four Rakhine state townships in violence between the Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya... FULL ARTICLE AT Fox
 
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