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Anti-Muslim riots rock western Myanmar Oct 1st 2013, 23:29 YANGON—Anti-Muslim riots shook western Myanmar Tuesday with a mob of hundreds setting homes ablaze and stabbing a 94-year-old woman to death, police said, as President Thein Sein made a rare visit to the region.   Attacks against Muslims in Buddhist-majority Myanmar have overshadowed widely praised political reforms overseen by the former general since military rule ended in 2011.   Thein Sein, making his first trip to Rakhine state as president, was due to hold meetings with Buddhist and Rohingya Muslim communities during his two-day visit, according to a presidential office official.   Unrest began rippling through rural areas near the town of Tha... Keep on reading: Anti-Muslim riots rock western Myanmar Media files: Myanmar-Sectarian-Violence.jpg (image/jpeg)

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