MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (Reuters) - Hundreds of troops kept an uneasy calm in central Myanmar on Saturday after martial law was imposed to quell three days of bloody unrest between Buddhists and Muslims that is testing the country's nascent democracy.
The official death toll in the worst-affected city of Meikhtila stands at 31 dead, state-run television said on Saturday, although local estimates put it even higher.
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