a court in Myanmar sentenced two men to death...

a court in Myanmar sentenced two men to death for the rape and murder of a Buddhist woman whose killing last month helped set off communal violence in which more than 50 people died, state media reported. The verdict was handed down in western Rakhine state's Kyaukphyu district, according to the state-run Myanma Ahlin daily. Three muslim Rohingyas were detained after the 27-year-old Buddhist woman was killed May 28, but one of the three defendants in the case hanged himself while in custody. The woman's death was followed by the June 3 lynching deaths of 10 Rohingyas, who were dragged off a bus by a Buddhist mob. The attacks helped set off almost a week of violence between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingyas, who are denied citizenship and ethnic recognition in Myanmar and instead are viewed as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.