A senior US official says he’s “encouraged” by the efforts of Burma’s new government to resolve religious tensions in Arakan State, but others are less impressed.

A senior US official says he’s “encouraged” by the efforts of Burma’s new government to resolve religious tensions in Arakan State, but others are less impressed.
Thein Sein signs into law the last of four controversial bills decried by rights groups as aimed at discriminating against the country’s Muslim minority.