Business Insider reported a similarly underwhelming spectacle for the iPad mini launch earlier this month, though that was mostly due to a new reservation system designed to prevent frenzied mobs.

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Soldiers clearing debris from buildings torched by angry mobs retrieved eight more bodies in the town, the New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported on Tuesday.

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