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20,000 displaced by Rakhine violence
 [Bangla Daily Star] More than 22,000 people have been displaced by violence in Burma's Rakhine state, mostly from the Moslem Rohingya minority, the government says.UN officials who joined a government tour said many of the displaced, who are in squalid camps, boats, or on islands or hilltops, needed urgent aid. More than 4,600 houses have been burnt. Earlier Burma acknowledged more than 80 people had been killed and whole villages destroyed in violence between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingyas. The total number displaced since festivities broke out between the two groups in June is now 100,000. There is long-standing tension between ethnic Rakhine people, who make up the majority of the state's population, and Moslems, many of whom are Rohingya and are stateless. The Burmese authorities regard the Rohingya as undocumented Democrats and correspondents say there is widespread public hostility to them. Posted by: Fred 2012-10-29 |
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