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From Our Own Correspondent: Myanmar's Malaise

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Tim Butcher explores Burmese attitudes to the Rohingya minority

On a potholed Burmese road, Tim Butcher sees how a near-accident reveals tensions with the country's Rohingya minority

On a potholed road in Rakhine State, Tim Butcher witnesses a near-accident - and learns a great deal about tensions with the country's Rohingya minority. He's shocked by the anti-Rohingya sentiments vented by his guide, a usually gentle and cultured man - and wonders whether Myanmar can really pull all of its peoples together. 

Photo: A Rakhine boy sits at a refugee camp in Mrauk U, in Rakhine state on October 28, 2012.  (Soe Than WIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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