The nationwide census conducted by the Burmese regime deliberately excluded Rohingya Muslims, independent observers charged.

The Myanmar Census Observation Team said the government rejected census forms from those who self-identified as Rohingya, the Myanmar Times reports.

"The exclusion of the Rohingya/Bengali population from the census enumeration poses serious methodological problems," a report from the 47-member census monitor group said.

"The resulting undercount will not only have a negative impact on the census results at the state and region levels but also at the national level if the missing population is not included, based on a proper count."

The government does not recognise the term Rohingya, referring to the people as Bengalis.

UN officials said they avoid the term Rohingya in public, for fear of stirring tensions between majority Buddhists and the Muslims.

The governor of Missouri State has deployed the National Guard to Ferguson, after the suburb’s worst night of violence since the shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by a white policeman.

On Saturday the Governor Jay Nixon declared a curfew, but protestors have been defying the order and continued to march in the area, which resulted in clashes with police.

Mr Nixon said the National Guard will be deployed to aid local officials to protect life and property” and "help restore peace and order".

“Kenyan counterterrorism forces appear to be killing and disappearing people right under the noses of top government officials, major embassies, and the United Nations.. This horrendous conduct does not protect Kenyans from terrorism – it simply undermines the rule of law.”