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    Apr 7, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  1. Ex-refugees in Fort Wayne protest Myanmar violence

    <span style="font-size: small;">FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) &mdash; Former Myanmar residents resettled in the Fort Wayne area are protesting sectarian violence in their Southeast Asian homeland.</span>
    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: Refugee, Politics, Burma, Religion and Belief, Islam

  2. Oct 20, 2011 |Story| AP Broadcast
  3. Biography sheds new light on Steve Jobs' life

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For Steve Jobs, products, not profits were the main motivation at Apple and he called a new crop of managers brought in to the company after his ouster "corrupt people" with "corrupt values" who cared only about making money....

    Tags: Biography (genre), Steve Jobs, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Religion and Belief

  4. May 30, 2011 |Story| AP Broadcast
  5. Thousands gathering in Honolulu to float lanterns

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      HONOLULU (AP) — Thousands are gathering at a Honolulu beach to float candlelit lanterns on the ocean to remember loved ones and pay tribute to ancestors. The annual Memorial Day ceremony is organized by the Japanese Buddhist sect Shinnyo-en. Now...

    Tags: Disasters, Japan, Human Interest, Memorial Day, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)

  6. May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  7. Cyclone Mahasen buffets Bangladesh coast, six dead

    CHITTAGONG, 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.
    Reuters
    CHITTAGONG, 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: India, United Nations, Weather, Tropical Storms, Weather Warnings

  8. May 15, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  9. Myanmar authorities work to evacuate camps as cyclone nears

    Reuters
    By Jared Ferrie SITTWE, Myanmar, May 15 (Reuters) - Authorities in Myanmar struggled on Wednesday to evacuate tens of thousands of people, most of them Rohingya Muslims, before a cyclone reaches camps in low-lying regions that have been their home...

    Tags: United Nations, Thein Sein, Bangladesh, Religious Conflicts, Weather Warnings

  10. May 15, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  11. Special Report - In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims

    SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents wedged a stick between his teeth to stop him from biting off his tongue.
    Reuters
    SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents wedged a stick between his teeth to stop him from biting off his tongue. Swift treatment...

    Tags: Human Rights, Political Systems, Preventative Medicine, Corporate Crime, Human Rights Watch

  12. May 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  13. Boat capsizes off Myanmar; dozens missing and feared dead

    NEW DELHI &ndash; A boat carrying approximately 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized late Monday off the coast of Myanmar with many of its occupants feared dead, UN officials said, as the region braced for a cyclone expected to slam low-lying areas inhabited by the embattled minority.
    NEW DELHI – A boat carrying approximately 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized late Monday off the coast of Myanmar with many of its occupants feared dead, UN officials said, as the region braced for a cyclone expected to slam low-lying areas inhabited...

    Tags: Human Rights, United Nations, Human Rights Watch, Bangladesh, Tropical Storms

  14. May 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  15. Boat capsizes off Myanmar; dozens feared dead

    NEW DELHI — At least 58 people were missing and feared dead Tuesday after a boat capsized off Myanmar while residents tried to flee an approaching cyclone, United Nations officials said. The boat was carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims, many of...

    Tags: United Nations, Tropical Storms, Religious Conflicts, Kaman Corporation, Burma

  16. May 14, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  17. Rohingya Muslims drown off Myanmar trying to flee storm

    SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - A boat carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized off western Myanmar and many were feared drowned at the beginning of a mass evacuation from low-lying regions ahead of a powerful storm, a United Nations official said on Tuesday.
    Reuters
    SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - A boat carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized off western Myanmar and many were feared drowned at the beginning of a mass evacuation from low-lying regions ahead of a powerful storm, a United Nations official said on...

    Tags: NASA, Manufacturing and Engineering, United Nations, Bangkok (Thailand), Tropical Storms

  18. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. Myanmar panel proposes measures to ease ethnic tensions

    NEW DELHI, India -- Ever since Myanmar opened to the West, released political prisoners and allowed the opposition led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to run for office, it has been dogged by tensions among its many ethnic and religious minorities.
    NEW DELHI, India -- Ever since Myanmar opened to the West, released political prisoners and allowed the opposition led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to run for office, it has been dogged by tensions among its many ethnic and religious minorities....

    Tags: United Nations, Human Rights, Aung San Suu Kyi, New Delhi (India), Armed Conflicts

  20. May 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  21. Dalai Lama packs UM Comcast Center for address on compassion

    He pulled on a <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/terps/">Terps</a> visor, to the crowd's delight. He rubbed noses with Gov. Martin O'Malley. And the Dalai Lama was met Tuesday with rounds of applause from a crowd of 15,000 at the University of Maryland, College Park's Comcast Center.
    He pulled on a Terps visor, to the crowd's delight. He rubbed noses with Gov. Martin O'Malley. And the Dalai Lama was met Tuesday with rounds of applause from a crowd of 15,000 at the University of Maryland, College Park's Comcast Center. "Sit down,"...

    Tags: Martin O'Malley, Teachers, Executive Branch, The Happiest News!, Education

  22. May 8, 2013 |Story| WTXX-LTV
  23. CT.com Interview: Roshi Bernie Glassman

    For many Western Buddhists, practice doesn&rsquo;t end with what happens on the floor. They&rsquo;re out in the community, volunteering at area shelters, teaching meditation to prison inmates or organizing food and clothing drives.
    For many Western Buddhists, practice doesn’t end with what happens on the floor. They’re out in the community, volunteering at area shelters, teaching meditation to prison inmates or organizing food and clothing drives. The social piece wasn&...

    Tags: Physiology, The New York Times, Dalai Lama, Judaism, September 11, 2001 Attacks

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