Myanmar
Myanmar revises down death toll in sectarian violence
SITTWE, Myanmar - Myanmar authorities on Friday revised down to 64 the number of people killed in six days of unrest in the west of the country, after security forces opened fire to break up violence between Buddhists and Muslims.
Myanmar violence toll surges as troops fire to stop clashes
KYAUKTAW, Myanmar - The number of people killed in six days of unrest in western Myanmar reached at least 112 on Friday as security forces used deadly force to break up the worst sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims in years.
Sectarian violence worsens in Myanmar's volatile west
YANGON - Hundreds of homes burned and gunfire rang out as sectarian violence raged for a fifth day between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in western Myanmar on Thursday, pushing the death toll to nearly 60 and testing the country's nascent democracy.
Myanmar delaying crucial decisions on Muslim tensions - U.N. expert
UNITED NATIONS - The government of Myanmar is delaying crucial decisions on ways to reduce tensions in volatile regions, a U.N. investigator said on Thursday, as sectarian violence raged for a fifth day between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in western Myanmar.
In Myanmar's volatile west, sectarian violence worsens
YANGON - Hundreds of homes burned and gunfire rang out as sectarian violence raged for a fifth day between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in western Myanmar on Thursday, testing the country's nascent democracy.
Myanmar sets curfew after new violence in northwest
YANGON - Authorities in Myanmar imposed a night-time curfew in at least two towns in north-western Rakhine state after renewed deadly unrest between Buddhists and Muslim Rohingyas in an area where more than 80 people were killed in June.
U.S. says Myanmar "on right track" over North Korea arms ties
BEIJING - The United States believes that Myanmar is on the right track towards giving up its remaining military ties with North Korea but recognises it will take time, the U.S. envoy for the North Korean nuclear dispute said on Monday.
Myanmar's president sees investment law "within days"
NAYPYITAW - Myanmar's foreign investment law, which has been delayed for months while the president's office and parliament debated clauses some saw as protectionist, could be finalised within days, President Thein Sein said on Sunday.
Myanmar to be invited to major U.S.-Thai military exercise
BANGKOK/WASHINGTON - Myanmar will be invited to a major U.S. and Thai-led multinational military exercise, a powerful symbolic gesture toward a military with a grim human rights record and a milestone in its rapprochement with the West.
U.S. sees "open channel" with Myanmar on human rights
WASHINGTON - The United States has concluded its first set of human rights talks with Myanmar and is confident it now has an "open channel" to discuss political prisoners and other sensitive subjects as ties improve, the State Department said on Wednesday.
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