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Ex-refugees in Fort Wayne protest Myanmar violence
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Former Myanmar residents resettled in the Fort Wayne area are protesting sectarian violence in their Southeast Asian homeland. About 100 resettled refugees demonstrated Sunday at the Allen County Courthouse in Fort Wayne....
Tags: Buddhism, Refugee, Islam, Politics, Religion and Belief
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Arab Spring, American summer: Foreign students visit Michiana, tell their stories
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- Menna, 20, paid no attention to politics until the Egyptian revolution started on Jan. 25, 2011. "We never imagined the president would be overthrown," said the young medical student, who lives in Sohag, a city about 240 miles from Cairo,...Tags: Civil Rights, Egyptian Revolution (2011-12), Energy Resources, Crime, Law and Justice, Natural Resource Industry
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Judge at sentencing: Howe man's international life on lam 'egregious, audacious'
WSBT Web ProducerNathan Lumbard, the Howe man who faked suicide and began a new life overseas to avoid facing charges for multiple crimes in Indiana and Michigan, now knows the consequences of his actions. In a written statement, U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell...Tags: Interior Policy, Yangon (Burma), Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Trials
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Myanmar's western Rakhine state imposes 2-child limit for Muslims to stem sectarian strife
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the...Tags: Population and Census, Religious Conflicts, China, Civil Rights, Family
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Myanmar's kyat currency slumps as imports flood in
ReutersBy Aung Hla Tun and Jared Ferrie YANGON, May 24 (Reuters) - Myanmar's currency has plunged more than 7 percent over the past month to the lowest since it was floated last year, raising concern about economic stability in Asia's newest democracy. The...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Electronics, Drugs and Medicines, Consumers, Foreign Exchange Market
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Aberdeen class gives immigrants opportunity to improve English skills
Adolfo Garcia is one of the top students in the English as a Second Language class at Cornerstones, but his nearly fluent English is not the whole story. His English reading and writing skills are poor. "I need to improve," he said. "I only went...
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Leading senator to let sanctions bill lapse to reward Myanmar government for reforms
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation against the Southeast Asian nation to lapse because of the country's progress...Tags: Prisons, Civil Rights, Religious Conflicts, European Union, Washington, DC
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RPT-With wary eye on the U.S., China courts India
Reuters(Repeats with no changes in text) By Frank Jack Daniel and Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW DELHI, May 22 (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, smiling and effusive, was out to smooth ruffled feathers in India this week, promising to ease tensions and...Tags: Government, Manmohan Singh, China, Wen Jiabao, Steve Jobs
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Obama says Myanmar president to release more political prisoners
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that Myanmar's President Thein Sein planned to release more political prisoners and institutionalize democratic reforms in his country. Obama told reporters that he had expressed U.S. concern...Tags: Prisons, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Thein Sein, White House
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Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to halt violence against a Muslim minority but praised economic and political reforms in the formerly pariah nation that is emerging as a U.S. ally in China's backyard....Tags: Prisons, Civil Rights, China, Lifestyle and Leisure, European Union
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US names envoy to combat anti-Semitism, warns of rising incidents
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as a new State Department report warned about incidents in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. Secretary of State John Kerry named Ira Forman,...Tags: Judaism, Civil Rights, Iran, John Kerry, Venezuela
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President Obama offers encouragement for reforms in Myanmar
WASHINGTON -- President Obama welcomed Myanmar President Thein Sein to the White House on Monday with tokens of encouragement as the former military ruler pushes democratic reforms in the once-authoritarian Southeast Asian nation. Obama praised Thein...
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