Bill Clinton: Violence in Myanmar sickens world

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Last Updated : Nov 14 2013 | 9:56 PM IST
Former US President Bill Clinton has met with political leaders in Myanmar to discuss challenges the emerging democracy faces, such as violence against Muslims.
It's a topic many in this predominantly Buddhist nation of 60 million try to avoid.
In the last year, more than 240 people have been killed and 240,000 others forced to flee their homes, most of them minority Rohingya Muslims, hunted down by Buddhist mobs.
Clinton said the world has been pulling for Myanmar ever since it ended a half-century of military rule in early 2011.
He said: "The whole world cheers every piece of good news and is sick every time they read about sectarian violence.
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First Published: Nov 14 2013 | 9:56 PM IST

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