Myanmar's fire service said 17 bodies had been ... As the rain pelted down at the school near Taungoo, rescuers distributed dried noodles to a queue of people. "I am going straight home the ...

There was mounting tension between the Buddhist and Muslim communities in Taungoo for weeks before it erupted into violence in the middle of May 2001. The destruction of the Buddhist images in ...

Observed at 18:30, Wednesday 22 January BBC Weather in association with MeteoGroup, external All times are Myanmar Time (Asia/Rangoon, GMT+6:30) unless otherwise stated.