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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: Refugee, Politics, Burma, Religion and Belief, Islam
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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
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Thousands gathering in Honolulu to float lanterns
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)
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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: India, United Nations, Weather, Tropical Storms, Weather Warnings
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Myanmar authorities work to evacuate camps as cyclone nears
ReutersBy 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
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Special Report - In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims
ReutersSITTWE, 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
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Boat capsizes off Myanmar; dozens missing and feared dead
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
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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
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Rohingya Muslims drown off Myanmar trying to flee storm
ReutersSITTWE, 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
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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....
Tags: United Nations, Human Rights, Aung San Suu Kyi, New Delhi (India), Armed Conflicts
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Dalai Lama packs UM Comcast Center for address on compassion
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
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CT.com Interview: Roshi Bernie Glassman
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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