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Western Myanmar Faces Religious Violence, Emergency Declared

Policemen walk toward burning buildings in Sittwe, where some residents fled burning homes and gunshots as deadly ethnic violence broke out. Khin Maung Win/AP hide caption

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Western Myanmar Faces Religious Violence, Emergency Declared

Ethnic and religious violence is breaking out in western Myanmar, also known as Burma. Ethnic Muslims and Buddhists are burning homes and at least 10 Muslims have been attacked at killed. Myanmar's president has declared a state of emergency in the region.

Myanmar President Calls Elections 'Successful'

A screen grab from MRTV of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi with Myanmar president Thein Sein during a one hour meeting in August 2011. MRTV/AP hide caption

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Myanmar President Calls Elections 'Successful'

The president of Myanmar, also known as Burma, says weekend elections were 'successful' even though just about all the candidates backed by the military government lost their races. Some nations are now calling for sanctions to be lifted against Myanmar.

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Confirms She's Running For Parliament

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, center, at an campaign event on Tuesday. Soe Than Win /AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Confirms She's Running For Parliament

The opposition leader's run gives the country's reforms a shot of legitimacy. Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate who spent 15 years under house arrest, had said she was concerned about how committed the military was to loosening its grip.

Photo Of Clinton, Suu Kyi, Says It All

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the U.S. Chief of Mission Residence in Rangoon, Myanmar, earlier today (Dec. 1, 2011). Saul Loeb/Pool/AP hide caption

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Photo Of Clinton, Suu Kyi, Says It All

It speaks volumes about the purpose and meaning of the first visit to Myanmar by an American secretary of state in more than five decades. Aung San Suu Kyi is a living symbol of the struggle there for human rights and democracy.

Photo Of Clinton, Suu Kyi, Says It All

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Clinton In Myanmar, U.S. Deeply Realistic About State Of Reforms There

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton upon her arrival in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, earlier today (Nov. 30, 2011). Saul Loeb /AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Clinton In Myanmar, U.S. Deeply Realistic About State Of Reforms There

American officials are encouraged by recent signs of reform in the country also known as Burma, but want to see if they're real and if they last.

NPR's Michele Kelemen talks with Renee Montagne on 'Morning Edition'

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