YANGON (Reuters) - A fire caused by faulty electrical equipment killed 13 boys at an Islamic school in Yangon on Tuesday, the fire service said, although some Muslims voiced concern since it came after a wave of anti-Muslim violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar.
YANGON (Reuters) - A fire at an Islamic school in Yangon killed 13 children in the early hours of Tuesday in what officials said could have been an accident, but comes in the aftermath of a wave of violence against Muslims in Buddhist-majority Myanmar.
A woman looks at destroyed buildings following ethnic unrest between Buddhists and Muslims in Meikhtila, Mandalay division, about 550 kilometers (340 miles) north of Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Myanmar's army took control of a ruined central city on Saturday, imposing a tense calm after several days of clashes between Buddhists and Muslims left…
Print Email More sharing RedditStumbleUponDelicious Suu Kyi wins re-election as Myanmar opposition leaderBy Phyo Wai Lin, for CNNMarch 10, 2013 -- Updated 0903 GMT (1703 HKT)STORY HIGHLIGHTSThe pro-democracy activist spent years under house arrest She is re-elected at the first conference of opposition members in 25 years Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) -- Pro-democracy icon Aung San…
British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, meets with Thein Sein, the president of Myanmar, on Friday.STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: David Cameron speaks alongside pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi NEW: UK prime minister says suspending, rather than lifting, sanctions is best Cameron is the first high-profile Western leader to visit Myanmar in decades Myanmar's authoritarian military leaders…
Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has spent much of the last 20 years under house arrest.STORY HIGHLIGHTSAung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of assassinated Myanmar independence hero General Aung San She became involved in the pro-democracy demonstrations that erupted on August 8, 1988 The ruling military junta in Myanmar first placed Suu Kyi…
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, speak briefly to her supporters upon her arrival in the village of Wah Thin Kha a day before the country's by-elections in the Myanmar, Saturday, March 31, 2012. On Sunday, the tiny village of thatched bamboo huts is expected to help vote the frail but intensely stalwart…
Myanmar's National League for Democracy party leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, heads towards a polling station at Wah Thin Kha village in Yangon, Myanmar Sunday, April 1, 2012. Myanmar held a landmark election Sunday that was expected to send democracy icon Suu Kyi into parliament for her first public office since launching her decades-long…
A supporter of Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, center, shouts slogans while others wait for the election result for the country's by-elections outside the party headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, April. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)A supporter of Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League…
Myanmar elections not 'free and fair' but still significant, Suu Kyi saysFrom Paula Hancocks and Jethro Mullen, CNNMarch 30, 2012 -- Updated 0650 GMT (1450 HKT) Suu Kyi news conferenceSTORY HIGHLIGHTSWorldwide attention is trained on by-elections in Myanmar over the weekend Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says the vote won't be 'free and fair'…
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