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Rioters renew violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State

YANGON - Rioters torched two houses in a coastal town in Myanmar's Rakhine State in the latest violence between Buddhists and minority Muslims, a government spokesman said, but a resident said security forces had restored order on Monday.

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Malaysia urges Myanmar to stem anti-Muslim violence

- Malaysia urged Myanmar on Sunday to take stronger action to prevent persecution of Muslims and bring the perpetrators to justice, the latest sign that the inter communal violence is straining ties in Southeast Asia.

World, 30 Jun 2013

Special Report: Myanmar gives official blessing to anti-Muslim monks

YANGON - The Buddhist extremist movement in Myanmar, known as 969, portrays itself as a grassroots creed.

Special Reports 27 Jun 2013

Myanmar telecoms winners to be named despite house vote

YANGON - Myanmar, which is offering operating licenses to global telecoms firms for the first time, will announce the outcome of the auction as planned on Thursday despite opposition in parliament.

Tech, 27 Jun 2013

The 969 catechism

YANGON - Wimala Biwuntha is a pint-sized monk with boyish features who could barely see over the lectern during his recent sermon to a mesmerized crowd at a Yangon monastery. Yet his stature in Myanmar grows daily, thanks to his stark message to fellow Buddhists: "We are digging our own graves."

26 Jun 2013

Myanmar parliament defers telecom licence award -lawmaker

YANGON, June 26 - Myanmar's lower house of parliament agreed on Wednesday to delay the awarding of two telecoms licences until a new telecommunications law comes into force, a lawmaker said.

Technology, Telecommuncations Services, 26 Jun 2013

Make or break moment for Myanmar reforms in opaque telecoms sector

YANGON - Companies awarded telecommunications licenses in Myanmar this week will need to spend billions of dollars rolling out networks across a country that has yet to pass a law to govern the sector and where opaque, state-owned enterprises will remain players.

Tech, 23 Jun 2013

Myanmar constitution likely to dash Suu Kyi's presidential hopes

YANGON - Her adoring compatriots believe democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi is destined to become Myanmar's next president. But don't bet on it.

World, 19 Jun 2013

Myanmar minister backs two-child policy for Rohingya minority

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar's Immigration Minister has expressed support for a controversial two-child limit on a Muslim minority group that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the United Nations call discriminatory and a violation of human rights.

World, United Nations, 11 Jun 2013

The hard yards begin in Myanmar's quest for foreign investment

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - In a cramped auditorium in Myanmar's capital, pro-democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi had a message for the world's business elite: her country is teeming with foreign investors scouting for opportunities in one of Asia's final frontier markets, but not many are actually investing.

World 09 Jun 2013

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A patient from Myanmar looks through the window of the Mae Tao clinic in Mae Sot, in northwest Thailand October 13, 2010. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

An uncertain fate

Myanmar's long standing political crisis has forced millions of refugees across the border.  Slideshow