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• Fresh religious unrest breaks out in Myanmar
• Divide over religious exemptions on gay marriage
• Order restored after fresh Myanmar religious unrest
• Pope disturbed by terrible images from Syria

Fresh religious unrest breaks out in Myanmar Posted: 25 Aug 2013 11:02 AM PDT About 1,000 anti-Muslim rioters burned shops and homes in a fresh outbreak of communal unrest in Myanmar, officials said Sunday, as the former army-ruled nation grapples with spreading religious violence.

Divide over religious exemptions on gay marriage Posted: 25 Aug 2013 08:11 AM PDT The battle over gay marriage is heating up in the states, energizing religious groups that oppose same-sex relationships — but also dividing them.

Order restored after fresh Myanmar religious unrest Posted: 25 Aug 2013 05:31 AM PDT HTAN KONE, Myanmar (Reuters) - Authorities restored order in Myanmar's northern Sagaing region on Sunday after a Buddhist mob set fire to nearly two dozen Muslim-owned buildings and attacked rescue workers in the latest widening of sectarian violence in the former military-run state. About 1,000 Buddhists, some carrying sticks and swords, attacked Muslim villagers in remote Htan Kone late on Saturday, destroying at least 20 homes and shops, according to witnesses and a government statement. Police and soldiers arrived later and fired into the air to disperse the crowd, they said. ...

Pope disturbed by terrible images from Syria Posted: 25 Aug 2013 04:11 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says he has been disturbed by "terrible images" of atrocities occurring in Syria, and he is urging the international community to step up its efforts to end the civil war there.

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