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Muslim shops and houses were destroyed in three places in the area.

Riots broke out in Oakkan after a woman accidentally bumped into a young monk.

Human Rights Watch accuses authorities of ethnic cleansing, calls for international investigation.

Around 50 military trucks were deployed in Meiktila, where homes and mosques have been torched by mobs.

Local forces killed ethnic minority Kaman Muslims while government troops 'stood by and watched', says HRW.

I would call it disturbing trend of ethnic violence could become destabilising to region, says ASEAN chief.

We expect from US to convey a strong message to the government of Burma so they protect that minority: OIC.

Local authorities told AFP they have begun a process of verifying the nationality of all the state’s Muslims.

More than 100,000 people have been displaced and dozens killed since June in two major eruptions of violence.

UN says Myanmar must address human rights challenges for a successful process of democratic transition.

More than 160 Muslims mostly women and children have been turned away by Bangladesh border guards.

Hundreds of thousands have left aboard rickety boats in past decades, and there are signs of another exodus looming.

More than 26,000 others forced to flee wave of rioting and arson.

Violence survivors continue to trickle into packed refugee camps in Sittwe, western Myanmar as UN raises alarm.

The latest fighting has killed more than 80 people, bringing the total toll since June to above 170.

People have fled their homes in droves following the latest clashes in Rakhine state.

Rights groups fear that the real death toll may be much higher than the official toll.

Hundreds of families from the Rohingya Muslim minority group say they are living in fear for their lives.

Myanmar apparently changed their decision to allow the OIC in after hundreds of Buddhist monks protested.

Christian students from Myanmar's Chin ethnic minority have been forced to convert to Buddhism.

Two UN Refugee Agency workers sentenced to 2 and 3 years on charges including arson, inciting violence.

President Thein Sein says ethnic Rakhine could not accept Muslim Rohingya as fellow citizens.

Rohingyas had suffered mass arrests, killings and rapes at the hands of the Myanmar security forces: HRW

OIC delegation assures Myanmar that Islamic humanitarian organisations were willing to provide aid to all residents.

Myanmar president urges probe into violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Rohingya Muslims.

Teachers chaperoning students made sure the activity did not disrupt traffic.

President says Pakistani government, people were saddened to learn about the losses of Muslims.

The organisation wants to stop ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims.

Best way for Pakistan is to give substance to an OIC initiative on the issue and not play up the religious card.

France's Doctors without Borders, Action Against Hunger and Britain's Muslim Aid UK told to suspend services.

JI chief calls on OIC and world community to adopt measures to stop massacre of Muslims.

Burmese security forces failed to protect Arakan and Rohingya, unleashed campaign of violence against Rohingya.

We don’t know exactly where the origin of the Burmese Muslims can be located.

Senator Zahid Khan says killings in K-P, Karachi should also not be ignored.

Hacker requests media to give more coverage to killings so that the UN can take action.

The issue right now is what option will Rangoon consider in engaging with the Rohingya population.

UN Special Rapporteur Quintana is to meet President Thein Sein in the Naypyidaw on Friday.

Islamabad Bar Association march on Myanmar embassy to register protest over violence against Rohingya Muslims.

IJT and TNFJ activists ask for a UNCHR inquiry to be carried out.

Our concern for Burmese Muslims is ironic, they are ethnic Bengalis whom we discriminated against in the past.

Imran Khan warns continued prosecution could increase communal hatred locally, internationally.

In social media language, the Rohingya massacre issue is a battle between liberal-fascists and the fundos.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson hopes authorities in Myanmar will take necessary steps to control the situation.

The monks have reportedly urged people through pamphlets to block humanitarian aid to the community.

Seek to present self as defenders of Muslim men and women in Myanmar, say 'will take revenge of your blood'.

Urges Muslim countries across the world to come forward to rescue Muslims from the cruelties.

Munawar Hassan urges government to submit requisition to UN to ponder over the situation.

Inaction would only help radicals and jihadists, who might use the ‘Muslim genocide’ in Myanmar as a rallying...

Amnesty International says attacks against Muslims including minority group Rohingiyas increased after emergency.

More than 80 people have died in clashes between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya this month.