Thousands displaced by new wave of Burma violence

Victims of Burma's latest explosion of Muslim-Buddhist violence fled to already-packed displacement camps along the country's western coast as a United Nations humanitarian chief said the unrest had forced more than 22,000 people from their homes.

Thousands displaced by new wave of Burma violence

Victims of Burma's latest explosion of Muslim-Buddhist violence fled to already-packed displacement camps along the country's western coast as a United Nations humanitarian chief said the unrest had forced more than 22,000 people from their homes.

State television said the casualty toll had risen to 84 dead and 129 injured over the past week in nine townships in Rakhine state.

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