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Video Obama hosts Burmese president at the White House
In a photo op Monday afternoon with Burma's president, Thein Sein, President Obama repeatedly referred to the nation as Myanmar - new acknowledgement of a "diplomatic courtesy" allowing "limited use of the name" to describe the former pariah state, though official U.S. policy "remains that Burma is the name of the ...
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Burma or Myanmar WH grappling with name game
As a "diplomatic courtesy," the U.S. government "has begun to allow limited use of the name Myanmar" to describe the former pariah state of Burma as it inches closer toward democracy, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Monday. In a photo op Monday afternoon with Burma's president, Thein Sein, President Obama repeatedly referred to the nation as Myanmar, ...
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Obama praises Thein Seins leadership leading Myanmar to democracy
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks after a meeting with Myanmar president Thein Sein in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on May 20, 2013. The Obama administration has continued to advocate for continued progress on reform by President Thein Sein's government, in close cooperation with Aung San Suu Kyi, civil society leaders, and the international community. ...
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Tornado Hits Oklahoma Again
The severe weather outbreak is expected to spread across other parts of the Plains and the Midwest. The National Weather Service has placed parts of five storm-battered states -- Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas -- under a tornado watch, meaning conditions are favorable for tornadoes to develop within the next few hours. Television video showed debris from homes and businesses ...
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Syrian Rebels Suffer Setbacks From Fighting in Town Near Lebanon Border
TRIPOLI, LEBANON -- Syrian government troops backed by fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah movement have been in fierce battles in the rebel-held town of Qusair after weeks of fighting. Many wounded rebels are being treated across the nearby border in northern Lebanon. Eighteen year-old Obeida Abdel Nabi is recovering from a shrapnel wound to his lower abdomen. He was hurt several days ago ...
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Nigerian Military More Than 200 Boko Haram Captured
A woman and two children stand along the Jos-Maiduguri road as they wait to board a vehicle, after the military declared a 24-hour curfew over large parts of Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigeria, May 19, ...
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Pakistans Sharif calls for Taliban talks
Pakistan's presumptive prime minister has called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army.Nawaz Sharif said "terrorism" was one of the most serious problems plaguing the country and any offer by the Pakistani Taliban to talk "should be taken ...
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Giant Burmese python sets Florida record
It's a new record for the longest Burmese python caught in the wild in Florida. The previous record was a 17-foot-7-inch python caught in August in Everglades National ...
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Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to take steps to halt violence against Muslims in his country and move ahead with economic and political ...
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Obama describes ‘shift’ in US-Myanmar relations
President Barack Obama hosts Myanmar President Thein Sein on Monday. The occasion marks the first time a president from Myanmar has visited the White House in over four ...
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Pakistan’s M.Q.M. Denounces Imran Khan in Karachi Protest
ISLAMABAD -- Supporters of an influential Pakistani political party took to the streets of Karachi on Monday to protest against cricket-hero-turned-politician Imran Khan, who has accused it of killing one of his senior staff a week after a general ...
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Leading Thailand hotelier receives prestigious Skal award
One of Thailand's most knowledgeable and experienced hoteliers, Eric Hallin, has been presented with the Malai Sakolviphak Award by the President of Skal International Bangkok. The award is presented annually in memory of Malai Sakolviphak, a well-known and highly respected tourism industry figure in Thailand. He passed away in 2011 after many years of distinguished service to Skal - the ...
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Obama says Myanmar president to release more political prisoners
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 about violence against Muslims in Myanmar to Thein Sein during a meeting at ...
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Duped Sold into Prostitution then Rescued A Vietnamese Girl and the Man Who Saved Her
Reporter Phillip Martin has been investigating human trafficking in various parts of the world and in Vietnam he found a glimmer of hope, as a young woman who was kidnapped and sold to a brothel in China, returns to her ...
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Human Rights Groups Criticize Obamas Meeting With Burmese Leader
After months of praising Burma for its political reforms, President Obama welcomed the country's president to the White House for the first time in nearly 50 years. But human rights groups are not happy about the invitation. While the U.S. does not fully embrace the actions of the Burmese regime, calling for further reforms and cooperation between ethnic groups, Obama's meeting with ...
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Obama cites Myanmar reforms during leaders visit
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says despite tensions between the U.S. and Myanmar, President Thein Sein (tayn sayn) of Myanmar has shown leadership to move his country toward political and economic ...
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Musharraf granted bail in Bhutto case treason case postponed
Benazir Bhutto in 2007. Separately, the Supreme Court of Pakistan adjourned a treason case against Musharraf in Islamabad, Dawn News reported. The anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi set Musharraf's bail after earlier having delayed making a decision following arguments by prosecutors with the Federal Investigation Agency that Musharraf might flee the country if freed. In the Bhutto case, ...
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US Sees Climate of Intolerance on Global Religious Freedom
The United States said the right to global religious freedom was challenged last year, with governments often creating a "climate of intolerance" leading to hatred and violence. In an annual report, the State Department said Monday government officials worldwide are often allowed to act with impunity while violating the religious rights of their countrymen. It said there often is ...
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Ugandan Police Shut Down Newspaper Offices
NAIROBI -- Police in Uganda's capital have closed down the offices of the Daily Monitor. According to the Daily Monitor's senior correspondent, police have declared the premises of their publication a crime scene and are doing a thorough search of the building. Earlier this month, the Daily Monitor published a series of stories about Uganda's coordinator of intelligence ...
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Russian Billionaire Lebedev Pleads Not Guilty in Court
MOSCOW -- Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev has pleaded not guilty to charges of hooliganism motivated by political hatred. Lebedev says that he is being targeted by Russian President Vladimir Putin because Putin believes he is funding the opposition. Alexander Lebedev, co-owner of Novaya Gazeta, Russia's leading opposition newspaper, went on trial Monday in a Moscow court. Lebedev ...
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Indias Weak Congress Ponders Early Elections
NEW DELHI -- India's Congress party is debating holding a general election in November, six months ahead of schedule, senior party leaders said, reflecting an internal discussion over whether to pull the plug on the shaky ruling coalition or have it serve a full term. Officially, the Congress party says the government - which has been battered by a series of corruption scandals and now ...
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Deadly Tornadoes Tear Through US Midwest
Zach Champion walks through the rubble of his mobile home looking for his belongings, in the Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park, destroyed in Sunday's tornado, near Shawnee, Oklahoma, May 20, ...
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Knockoffs of Iconic American Brands in Myanmar
';Walmart'; in Yangon. (Photo: Patrick Winn) Myanmar President Thein Sein is in Washington this week for a historic meeting with President Obama. Not long ago, Thein Sein was on a travel black list. But in the past two years, Myanmar has undergone dramatic political change that pleases the White House. And Thein Sein is hoping that will mean more US investment in Myanmar. But, ...
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Protests in Thailand in Parallel to Second Water Summit
Bangkok, Ma 20 (Prensa Latina) Groups of protesters today demanded in a parallel forum to the Water Summit responses to problems, such as droughts, floods, and waste materials, a topic that concerns all the world population. Protesters carrying banners demand measures to guarantee the preservation of the human race, and hold that some politicians fail to look into the social and environmental ...
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Philippines Taiwan to cooperate in fisherman shooting investigation
MANILA -- The Philippines said Monday that it would make "coordinated efforts" with Taiwan to look into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman but stopped short of a joint ...
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Pakistan's darkest hour
What began as the normal monsoon season has turned into the greatest disaster, the greatest humanitarian crisis and the worst floods ever seen in the history of Pakistan. According to the UN, the disaster in Pakistan from 2010 floods is now worse than the 2005 earthquake in the country and the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia combined.
It is a catastrophe of mammoth proportions and the challenge faced by a centrally weak government is how to get food aid to the some 6 million in need of help and provide relief facilities to the 20 million people impacted by the disaster. Read more
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