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    Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Myanmar officials blame electrical problems for mosque fire

    Electrical problems were to blame for a fire that reportedly killed 13 children at a mosque and religious school in Myanmar, authorities said Tuesday, even as the blaze stirred up suspicions of an attack on Muslims.
    Electrical problems were to blame for a fire that reportedly killed 13 children at a mosque and religious school in Myanmar, authorities said Tuesday, even as the blaze stirred up suspicions of an attack on Muslims. Yangon regional fire chief Kyi Win...

    Tags: Human Rights Watch, Crime, Law and Justice, Arson, Civil Rights, Religion and Belief

    2. Mar 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Myanmar on edge after new eruption of interreligious violence

    As the Myanmar government urged calm, Muslim shops reportedly sat shuttered Monday in the capital of Yangon, a sign of continued unease after the re-eruption of deadly religious violence in the country.
    As the Myanmar government urged calm, Muslim shops reportedly sat shuttered Monday in the capital of Yangon, a sign of continued unease after the re-eruption of deadly religious violence in the country. Riots in the central city of Meiktila,...

    Tags: Human Rights Watch, Crime, Law and Justice, United Nations, Central African Republic, Civil Rights

    3. Dec 31, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Myanmar ends year of firsts with another: a public countdown

    To end a year charged with change, Myanmar enjoyed yet another first:  a public countdown to the New Year.
    To end a year charged with change, Myanmar enjoyed yet another first:  a public countdown to the New Year. Such gatherings were heavily restricted under the military government that once ruled Myanmar, also known as Burma. But as the country emerges...

    Tags: National Government, Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, Government, Thein Sein

    4. Aug 20, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Myanmar stops censoring articles before they go to print

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    Journalists in Myanmar will no longer have to send their articles to a censorship board to be scrubbed of anything critical or sensitive before publication, a landmark step announced Monday toward lifting restrictions on the press. But reporters in the...
    5. Oct 26, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. 112 killed, homes burned as Buddhists, Muslims clash in Myanmar

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    YANGON, Myanmar -- At least 112 people have been killed and thousands of houses burned as ethnic and religious violence in western Myanmar intensifies, according to news reports and community activists, as the government struggled to restore order,...
    6. Oct 23, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Fresh clashes break out between Myanmar's Buddhists, Muslims

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    At least three people were killed and hundreds of houses burned in a fresh wave of violence pitting Buddhists against Muslims in western Myanmar, news agencies reported Tuesday....
    7. Jul 3, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  7. What’s in a name? In Myanmar – or Burma – it’s political

    World Now
    In a divided country wracked with ethnic violence and edging toward reform, one of the most stubborn battles may be a war of words: Is it Burma or is it Myanmar? After Suu Kyi toured Europe and Thailand, calling her country “Burma” as she...
    8. Apr 30, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Myanmar opposition ends boycott; U.N. calls for eased sanctions

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    Myanmar's main opposition party, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, agreed Monday to end its weeklong boycott of parliament and swear an oath to a constitution it has resisted....
    9. Jan 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. 12 places to visit in 2012

    <strong>New Mexico:</strong> This year, New Mexicans mark 100 years of statehood. But much of the state's appeal stems from its human history that goes back much further. (In 2010, Santa Fe celebrated 400 years of cityhood.) Explore here: the adobe architecture and art galleries of Santa Fe; the vintage signage along old Route 66; the lingering hippie vibe of Truth or Consequences. Don't forget the Lightning Field, an art installation outside Quemado where (for $150 to $250 a person) you spend a summer night in a wood cabin and wait to see if lightning will strike one of the 400 tall steel poles outside your door. Even if there's no strike, the sky puts on shows at sunset and sunrise that will leave you in awe.
    New Mexico: This year, New Mexicans mark 100 years of statehood. But much of the state's appeal stems from its human history that goes back much further. (In 2010, Santa Fe celebrated 400 years of cityhood.) Explore here: the adobe architecture and art...

    Tags: NATO, Times Square, Dolly Parton, Richard Branson, New Zealand

    10. Apr 1, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Myanmar voters sweep Aung San Suu Kyi into parliament, party says

    World Now
    The people of Myanmar got their first taste of democracy in two decades Sunday when they elected popular opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a seat in Parliament, according to her party, ushering in a new political era in the long-isolated Southeast...
    11. Apr 1, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi wins in Myanmar by-election

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    Democracy election Myanmar: Pro-democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi elected Sunday in Myanmar by-election...
    12. Mar 6, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Myanmar's dazzling shrines to Buddha

    As I sat on a high ledge of the 734-year-old Mingalarzedi Temple, looking out over the hundreds of ancient temples around Bagan, I wondered how long it would take a visitor to see them all. Archaeologists say there once were about 5,000 temples, but earthquakes, decay and long-ago looters have destroyed more than half of them. Still, that's a lot of temples to explore in this 16-square-mile archaeological treasure trove.
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    As I sat on a high ledge of the 734-year-old Mingalarzedi Temple, looking out over the hundreds of ancient temples around Bagan, I wondered how long it would take a visitor to see them all. Archaeologists say there once were about 5,000 temples, but...

    Tags: UNESCO, Metal and Mineral, Human Interest, Tourism and Leisure, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

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