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  Myanmar govt declares state of emergency after Buddhist-Muslim riots leave 7 dead

  World | June 10, 2012 22:04 IST

  Yangon, Jun 10: Myanmar's president on Sunday night declared a state of emergency in a western state where sectarian tensions between Buddhists and Muslims have unleashed deadly violence.He warned that if the situation spun out

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  Wave Of Bombings Kill 72 In Iraq

  World | January 05, 2012 22:59 IST

  Baghdad, Jan 5: A wave of bombings targeting Shiites in Iraq killed 72 people on Thursday, deepening sectarian tensions that exploded just after the last American troops left the country in mid-December.The coordinated attacks targeting