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  Photo Cox’s bus terminal Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Police personnel of Cox’s Bazar Model Police Station arrested and detained eight Rohingya women on March 19, 2013, Hossain from Cox’s Bazar town said. “Police arrested the Rohingya females from the Cox’s bus terminal on Tuesday night at about 11.30 pm while they were trying to go to Dhaka from Cox’s Bazar.” The arrestees were identified as Rokeya Begum (16), Setara Begum (18), Nurjahan Begum (40), Kismot Ara (18), Hasina Akter (14), Rushni (14) Ashira (20), and Rashida Begum (20). They all belong to Arakan State, Burma. Officer-in-charge (OC) M Jashim Uddin of Cox’s Bazar Model Police station said acting on a tip-off, a team of police arrested the said Rohingya women from the bus terminal with suspect as the females entry in the country illegally. The officer also said, “We haven’t found any travel documents from them to enter Bangladesh from Arakan, Burma. According to sources, there were three males in the gro

Black smoke rises from burning buildings as residents ride motorcycles in a street in riot-hit Meiktila, central Myanmar on March 21, 2013. — AFP Mayu Press: March 21, 2013 By Mohamed Farooq The Buddhist mobs killed 28 religious students and 4 teachers in Hamayatul Islam Religious Arabic School (Maddarasa) of Mingalar Zayyu village under Meiktilar Township at about 6.30 AM, 21st March 2013. Among the burnt down houses and buildings, Maddarasa Hamayatul Islam was the biggest one in Mingalar Zayyu village. The Buddhist extremists were entire night feeling free to mass kill, and attack Muslims and torch up houses with the Marshal Law Act-144 not to out but there is no barrier and attachment for Buddhist racists by security personnel and Army. At the night of 3 AM, a Buddhist merciful family situated near the Religious School had called and brought all the Muslim religious teachers and students to his house for the life safety. The Muslim religious school

VOA News : March 21, 2013 Authorities in central Burma have imposed a curfew following sectarian unrest that left at least 10 people dead and two Muslim religious buildings destroyed. The clashes broke out Wednesday following an argument between a customer and the Muslim owner of a gold shop in the main bazaar in the Mandalay city of Meikhtila. The dispute turned violent when hundreds of Buddhists and Muslims descended upon the shop. Police say several buildings, including a mosque and an Islamic school, were burned.   Officials say a Buddhist monk was among at least 10 people killed. Over 20 others were injured. The situation was reported to have been brought under control after police imposed a curfew at nightfall, but police say violence broke out again on Thursday. The U.S. ambassador to Burma, Derek Mitchell, said in a brief statement he is "deeply concerned" about the violence and extends his "deepest condolences" to those affected