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Burma communal rioting spreads outside Meiktila

Mosques and houses have been ransacked in central Burma, the latest in a series of incidents since sectarian violence broke out in Meiktila town.

About 300 people attacked a mosque and destroyed Muslim-owned shops and houses in Oh The Kone town, about 50km (31 miles) from Rangoon, reports say.

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