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Chief Superintendent Zaw Min Oo talks to the media during a news conference about riots in Mandalay July 2, 2014. Myanmar police fired rubber bullets on Wednesday to disperse crowds of Buddhists and Muslims facing off in the streets of Mandalay, the country's second-largest city, police said. (Photo: Reuters/Stringer) By   Jared Ferrie and Aung Hla Tun Reuters July 2, 2014 Myanmar  police fired rubber bullets on Wednesday to disperse crowds of Buddhists and Muslims facing off in the second-largest city of Mandalay, police said, in the latest outbreak of trouble in two years of sectarian unrest.  Police deployed more than 600 officers after a crowd of about 300 Buddhists including 30 monks began throwing stones near a tea shop owned by a Muslim man at 11 p.m. (1630 GMT) on Tuesday, according to a statement released by Mandalay police. "One policeman, three Buddhists and one Muslim were injured by stones in the incident," the statement said. "Two

Maungdaw,  Arakan State:  The essential commodities, mainly those which are used in preparation of iftar (fasting breaking) items are being sold at high prices in Maungdaw just from the beginning of the holy Ramadan (fasting month) which started on June 30, said Khala, a trader from Maundaw Town.  One of our correspondents said that the holy month of Ramadan began in Maungdaw with the hike in the prices of Iftar items. Sham Shu, a customer also said that the traders decrease the supply to sell it for high profit during Ramadan. Traders attributed the price rise to low supply and high demand of vegetables in the local markets. A poor villager named Kurshid said that Ramadan is for the rich, as prices of essentials go beyond their purchasing capacity. The marginal income groups, service holders of fixed income groups have to face untold sufferings for price hike of ingredients of iftar and other essentials in holy Ramadan. The advent of the holy month of Ramadan, the prices