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The Sri Lankan government declares a state of emergency in response to massive anti-government protests.
2022-05-6

The Samoan government lifts its six-week state of emergency after a mass immunization campaign against measles reduced the death and infection rates.
2019-12-29

A state of emergency is imposed in the Burmese town of Meiktila after at least twenty people are killed in communal violence.
2013-03-22

Bangladesh detains five Rohingya Muslims who fled fighting between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-320692-bangladesh-detains-myanmar-rohingya-refugees ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019
2012-11-11

Burma declares a state of emergency after several people are killed in sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims
2012-06-11

At least 20 people are killed and over three hundred houses are burned down during riots in western Burma.
2012-06-9

A province-wide state of emergency is declared for Manitoba in the wake of hundred-year floods on the Assiniboine River and Red River of the North near Brandon.
2011-05-9

Than Shwe, the former head of Burma's State Peace and Development Council, retires as the head of the Myanmar military.
2011-04-4

Burma jails five more dissidents on charges including associating with dissident groups abroad.
2011-02-25

President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos declares a state of emergency in Colombia after ongoing floods and landslides kill at least 136 people and the flooding spreads to the capital, Bogotá.
2010-11-18