Bomb Blast Kills 1 in Burma's Shan State

Burmese police have announced that one person was killed when two bombs exploded in a restive eastern state in the latest small-scale bombing in the Southeast Asian country. Police say they are still investigating the explosions, which occurred early Thursday in the town of Namkham, in Shan state, not far from Burma's border with China. Shan state is home to ethnic minority rebels who have long fought against the Burmese military. A series of unexplained minor bombings and attempted ...

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