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Photo credit: AP | Controversial Buddhist monk Wirathu, foreground, who is accused of instigating sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims through his sermons, smiles as he leaves a monastery after an assembly of Myanmar's powerful Buddhist clergy in Hmawbi, outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, June 14, 2013. About 180 powerful monks from allover Myanmar gathered for a two-day conference to discuss the recent ethnic unrest between the Buddhist and Muslim communities that displaced thousands and killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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(AP) -- A meeting of more than 200 Myanmar Buddhist monks on how to solve deadly communal conflicts that have pitted majority Buddhists against Muslims declared Friday they seek peace and accused the media of tarnishing their religion's image.
A statement released at the end of the two-day meeting did not mention a prominent Buddhist monk's proposal that a law be enacted to regulate inter-religious...
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