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Anti-Muslim violence is no accident but the product of an effort led by army hard-liners to thwart both reforms and Myanmar’s opening to the outside world.
nytimes.com (23 days ago)
MYITKYINA, Myanmar (AP) — Freshly dumped hypodermic syringes litter alleys, cemeteries and shaded corners in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, on Myanmar's northern border with China.
boston.com (1 month and 26 days ago)
MYITKYINA, Myanmar (AP) -- Freshly dumped hypodermic syringes litter alleys, cemeteries and shaded corners in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, on Myanmar's northern border with China....
ap.org (1 month and 26 days ago)
MYITKYINA, Myanmar (AP) — Freshly dumped hypodermic syringes litter alleys, cemeteries and shaded corners in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, on Myanmar's northern border with China.
boston.com (1 month and 27 days ago)

MYITKYINA, Myanmar—Freshly dumped hypodermic syringes litter alleys, cemeteries and shaded corners in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, on Myanmar's northern border with China.
denverpost.com (1 month and 27 days ago)
MYITKYINA, Myanmar (AP) -- Freshly dumped hypodermic syringes litter alleys, cemeteries and shaded corners in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, on Myanmar's northern border with China....
ap.org (1 month and 27 days ago)
China seems to be engaged in perpetual conflict with virtually all of its neighbors in East Asia over a number of issues, particular territorial sovereignty. However, in recent weeks, a bizarre ‘war’ has erupted in a remote – and largely ignored -- corner of Southeast Asia that does not directly involve the powerful mandarins in Beijing.
ibtimes.com (2 months and 12 days ago)

In Myanmar's Kachin state, heroin addiction lurks in shadow of ethnic conflict
abcnews.com (1 month and 27 days ago)
Myanmar’s reformist president, Thein Sein, will visit the White House next week, the first such trip by a Myanmar head of state in almost 47 years.
nytimes.com (4 days ago)

MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (Reuters) - Unrest between Buddhists and Muslims in central Myanmar has reduced neighborhoods to ashes and stoked fears that last year's sectarian bloodshed is spreading into the country's heartland in a test of Asia's newest democracy.
chicagotribune.com (1 month and 26 days ago)
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