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Rohingyas face riot charges for refusing to register as ‘Bengali’
Nine Rohingyas, who were arrested late last month for refusing to register as "Bengalis" at a displacement camp in western Burma, will be prosecuted for instigating riots
US looks to end Burma sanctions after landmark visit
A key US senator on Tuesday backed an end to US sanctions on Burma after a landmark visit by the country's reformist leader, signaling a new normalisation in relations
Seven Burmese Muslims jailed over monk’s murder
Seven Muslim men, including a minor, were sentenced to jail on Tuesday for the murder of a monk, whose death allegedly sparked a wave of religious riots across central BurmaMore News
- Activists slate prisoner amnesty ahead of Thein Sein’s US trip
- Weakened cyclone hits coastline after chaotic evacuations
- Burma fails on natural resource governance: report
- Thai raid on fishing operation frees dozens of enslaved migrants
- Thousands of Rohingya stranded by the sea as cyclone looms
- Officials reach out to refugees following fighting in Shan state
Analysis
Checkmate: Burma-US policy
After Aung San Suu Kyi was elected to parliament in April 2012, the US has embraced Thein Sein's government as the military continues to commit human rights abuses throughout the countryOther Top Stories
- Armed militia forces NLD members to resign over land row
- Obama lauds Thein Sein, but expresses concern over violence
- Kachin rebels, govt to hold new round of talks in Burma
- Workers decry conditions, forced labour in Insein Prison
- Thein Sein kicks off US state visit
- Burma expels Rohingya members from political party
- Muslims displaced during Meikhtila riots return home
Elections
Rakhine MPs disqualified by ruling
Arakanese party representatives disqualified by UEC for attacking previous military junta and USDP in election campaigns last year- Burma’s new parliaments will convene in January: USDP MP-elect
- Post-election lawsuits fly
- Burma claims 76% voter turnout
- Burma’s new leaders court Arakan party
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