(2002 est. pop. 3.0 million). Rakhine (formerly Arakan) State is located in western Myanmar (Burma), bounded by Bangladesh to the northwest; Chin State to the north; the Irrawaddy, Magwe, and Pegu Divisions to the east; and the Bay of Bengal to the...

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Myanmar will launch a polio immunization campaign after a toddler was found with the disease, the country's second case since it was declared free of the paralyzing illness seven years ago, a newspaper reported Sunday.The campaign, launched by the health ministry and the United Nation's...

Health authorities in a southern Bangladeshi border district are vaccinating thousands of children against polio following reports of a new case in neighboring Myanmar, an official said Wednesday.Authorities in Cox's Bazar reinforced efforts to prevent cross-border infections after the World Health Organization recently warned Bangladesh...

Demonstrators on Tuesday tried to mount a new protest against rising prices, but marched only 30 yards before being beaten and wrestled into waiting trucks by civilians who back Myanmar's military government, witnesses said.The two dozen protesters shouted slogans against a big fuel price hike...

Anti-government protesters scattered into hiding Friday to dodge arrest after a wave of protests over higher prices, as the military government wrapped up its work to draft guidelines for a new constitution.The military government has detained scores of activists and is employing menacing gangs of...