Armed security forces preside over an uneasy calm in western Burma, as international pressure mounts for an end to a week of deadly violence between Muslims and Buddhists.
Troops Patrol Western Burma as Sectarian Strife Continues
![Muslims women and children from villages gather before being relocated to secure areas in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine state in western Burma, where sectarian violence is ongoing, June 12, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/943AA605-1B5D-4DA8-B5ED-B866B055BEB7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Muslims women and children from villages gather before being relocated to secure areas in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine state in western Burma, where sectarian violence is ongoing, June 12, 2012.
![Bangladeshi Border Guard soldiers keep watch at a wharf in Taknaf, Bangladesh, June 12, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ED3514BD-51BC-4EB3-B78B-A0E137236A7B_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bangladeshi Border Guard soldiers keep watch at a wharf in Taknaf, Bangladesh, June 12, 2012.
![2013年4月3日韓國的車輛被拒絕進入朝鮮開城工業區之後,掉頭回去。](https://gdb.voanews.com/F840A17F-E296-4BA3-97F1-26E306A4004B_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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2013年4月3日韓國的車輛被拒絕進入朝鮮開城工業區之後,掉頭回去。
![來自朝鮮開城的韓國人帶著他們的物品於2013年4月9日抵達首爾以北坡州板門店村邊境附近的海關,移民和檢疫局。](https://gdb.voanews.com/03DF474B-9CA7-44B6-A881-896A9A170186_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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來自朝鮮開城的韓國人帶著他們的物品於2013年4月9日抵達首爾以北坡州板門店村邊境附近的海關,移民和檢疫局。