Burma mobs put census in doubt as western aid workers flee violence
Angry Buddhist protesters rampage through streets as country's first census for 30 years opens up ethnic tensions
"The Transnational Institute, a global thinktank based in Amsterdam, has called this the most significant census of Burma's people since that conducted by the British government in 1931.
"However, by using flawed designations that date from the colonial era and ignoring the considerable complexity of the present political situation in Myanmar, the census is likely to raise ethnic tensions at precisely the moment that peace negotiations are focused on building trust," the group wrote."
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