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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: Religion and Belief, Refugee, Islam, Buddhism, Politics
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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: Wars and Interventions, Students, Revolutions, Libya, Tunisia
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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: Corporate Crime, Interior Policy, Yangon (Burma), Fraud, Crime, Law and Justice
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Myanmar frees dissidents before leader's U.S. visit
NEW DELHI — Myanmar President Thein Sein released some 20 political prisoners Friday, days before a historic summit with President Obama in Washington early next week, according to officials and prisoner rights groups. The ex-general's...
Tags: Thein Sein, Barack Obama, Wars and Interventions, Thailand, Activism
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Myanmar frees group of dissidents ahead of summit with U.S.
NEW DELHI -- Some 20 political prisoners were released in Myanmar on Friday, just days before a a historic summit between the country's leader and President Obama in Washington, officials and prisoner rights groups said. President Thein Sein will be the...
Tags: Thein Sein, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Politics, Justice and Rights
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Myanmar frees political prisoners before president goes to U.S.
ReutersYANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's government has freed 23 political prisoners, a senior interior ministry official said on Friday, the day President Thein Sein was due to leave for a landmark visit to the United States. The official declined to be...Tags: Thein Sein, Barack Obama, Wars and Interventions, Yangon (Burma), Government
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The Latest: Crusading for 'Sight'; the same old Sense
Hope in Sight Aisha Simjee, MD White Spruce Press; 240 pages Aisha Simjee is a tough cookie. On her first mission trip as an ophthalmologist, the Newport Beach resident flew to Guyana and set up her equipment in an unused school building. Shortly...
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Ciclón Mahasen golpea costa de Bangladesh, seis muertos
ReutersPor Andrew Biraj CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, 16 mayo (Reuters) - El ciclón Mahasen azotó el jueves con fuerza la costa de Bangladesh y dejó al menos seis muertos y miles de albergados en refugios de emergencia, aunque a medida que avanzaba el dÃa la...Tags: Bangladesh, Chittagong (Bangladesh)
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Cyclone Mahasen buffets Bangladesh coast, six dead
ReutersCHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Cyclone Mahasen buffeted Bangladesh's low-lying coast on Thursday, killing six people after forcing many thousands into emergency shelters, but authorities downgraded warnings later in the day as the storm lost strength....Tags: Bangladesh, Tropical Storms, Chittagong (Bangladesh), Nabi, Weather
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Residents in southern China shout 'Protest! Protest!' against plans for refinery in Kunming
Associated PressKUNMING, China (AP) — More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted "Protest! Protest!" on Thursday to oppose plans for a petroleum refinery, in a large environmental rally that local authorities allowed to go forward in...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Local Government, Standards, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Chemical Industry
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Obama to welcome Myanmar's reformist president, Thein Sein, to White House for talks on Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is set to welcome Myanmar President Thein Sein (tayn sayn) to the White House Monday. It will be the first visit by a Myanmar head of state in nearly 47 years and a sign of warming ties between the...Tags: Thein Sein, White House, Barack Obama, Government, Politics
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Myanmar President Thein Sein to visit Obama at White House on May 20
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Myanmar President Thein Sein will meet with President Barack Obama at the White House on May 20 as Obama continues to push the country to make reforms while it moves away from military rule, the White House said on...Tags: Thein Sein, White House, Barack Obama, Politics, Jay Carney
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