A man walks though a burnt Rohingya village during fighting between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities in Sittwe June 10, 2012. Northwest Myanmar was tense on Monday after sectarian violence engulfed its largest city at the weekend, with Reuters witnessing rival mobs of Muslims and Buddhists torching houses and police firing into the air to disperse crowds. Picture taken June 10, 2012.
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In the western city of Sittwe, a firefighter examines a burned home, collateral damage in the recent clash between two ethnic groups--the Buddhist Arakanese and the Muslim Rohingya--that have long been at odds with the Burmese government. Earlier, an Arakanese mob attempting to avenge the rape and murder of a Buddhist woman beat 10 Muslim pilgrims to death, which spawned riots and looting.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
5 | SINGAPORE
It's the land of littering fines, expats--and, apparently, bags and bags of money. Thanks to surges in profitable exports such as electronics and pharmaceuticals, Singapore boasts the world's highest proportion of millionaires, beating out oil-rich nations like Qatar and Kuwait. Meanwhile, for all its "tyranny of the 1%" protesting, the U.S. fell to seventh place, following years of economic strife (and an S&P credit-rating downgrade). Here's how others stack up.
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Proportion of millionaire households (%)
17 SINGAPORE
14 QATAR
12 KUWAIT
10 SWITZERLAND
9 HONG KONG
5 U.A.E.
4 U.S.
SOURCE: THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP
CHINA
Sections of the Great Wall of China that will soon be newly opened to the public in an effort to thwart overcrowding and discourage people from sneaking into--and damaging--restricted areas
Targeting Terrorism
6 | YEMEN
Government forces ousted militants linked to al-Qaeda from two of their strongholds in southern Yemen, marking a significant victory in newly elected President Abdel Rabbo Mansour Hadi's ramped-up campaign to combat terrorism, which began after he took office in February. The militants, who belong to the Ansar al-Shariah group, had controlled the strategic towns of Jaar and Zinjibar for more than a year before they were reportedly driven out to the coastal town of Shaqra. Increasingly concerned about this poor, deeply divided Arab nation serving as a safe haven for al-Qaeda, the Obama Administration expanded its controversial drone program in the country in April, giving the CIA and the Pentagon broader authority to carry out strikes against suspected militants.