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• Distrustful Rohingya resist cyclone evacuation

  (AP) -- A massive evacuation to clear low-lying camps ahead of a cyclone has run into a potentially deadly snag: Many members of the displaced Rohingya minority living there have refused to leave because they don't trust Myanmar authorities.Around 140,00   Read more »

• Myanmar president vows to protect Muslim rights

  (AP) -- Myanmar President Thein Sein has vowed that his government will do everything it can to protect the rights of Muslims living in the predominantly Buddhist nation.Thein Sein made the promise Monday amid fears that sectarian violence between Muslim   Read more »

• New Myanmar anti-Muslim violence injures 10

  (AP) -- Buddhist mobs attacked and overran two mosques and set hundreds of homes ablaze in central Myanmar on Tuesday, injuring at least 10 people in the latest anti-Muslim violence to shake the Southeast Asian nation.Terrified Muslim families who fled f   Read more »

• Myanmar government panel recommends security boost

  (AP) -- A special commission appointed by Myanmar's government to investigate sectarian violence last year has issued a list of proposals to ease tensions -- including doubling the number of security forces in the region and introducing family planning p   Read more »

• Myanmar hails EU lifting of sanctions

  (AP) -- Myanmar on Tuesday hailed a European Union decision lifting political and economic sanctions against the former pariah state, pledging to continue its reforms and march toward democracy.Senior Myanmar diplomat Aung Lynn told reporters on the side   Read more »

Around the web

• Muslims jailed over Burma clashes

  21 May 2013 Last updated at 05:19 ET Thousands of Muslims were left homeless after clashes in Meiktila Six Muslim men have been jailed for their role in religious clashes in the Burmese town of Meiktila in March. One of the men was jailed for 34 years for 21 m ago from BBC News Read more »

• Obama pledges to back Myanmar

  months ago, Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the country also known as Burma. The administrations outreach to Myanmars generals has provided an incentive for the military to loosen controls on citizens and reduce dependence on China. 3:16 AM from The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Read more »

• Myanmar's President Makes Historic, Divisive Visit to White House:

  of that country in almost a half-century to pay a call on the White House, a visit that has simultaneously highlighted a series of monumental changes seen in Myanmar in recent years as well as a reforms process that many are warning may have stalled. 3:10 AM from Humanitarian News Read more »

• Myanmar Muslims jailed for killing Buddhist monk

  Myanmar (AP) — A court in Myanmar sentenced seven Muslims to terms ranging from life to two years in prison Tuesday for the killing of a Buddhist monk during sectarian violence that is posing a serious challenge to President Thein Sein's reformist government. 2:59 AM from FindLaw: AP News Read more »

• US again slates Myanmar on religion

  religious discriminators. The US report, released while President Thein Sein was in Washington for an official visit, said the Myanmar government promoted Buddhism, practised by the majority, over minority faiths that include Islam. Countries of Particular 2:56 AM from Bangkok Post Read more »