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Calm returns to Myanmar after religious clashes

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Myanmar says a tense calm has returned to western Rakhine state after rioters set four houses ablaze, the latest violence between Buddhists and minority Muslims.

 

Deputy Information Minister Ye Htut says the alleged rape of a woman by a motorcycle taxi driver in the coastal town of Thandwe triggered the flare-up late Sunday. (AP)

 

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