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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: Thailand, Activism, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Justice and Rights, Politics, European Union, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Human Rights Watch
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Myanmar forces accused of 'ethnic cleansing' as EU ends sanctions
The European Union discarded the last of its economic sanctions against Myanmar on Monday, despite fresh reports that Rohingya Muslims there face bloody and persistent attempts at "ethnic cleansing." The decision worried activists working to help the...Tags: Thailand, Economic Sanctions, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ed Ruscha, Wang Shu named to Time 100 list
Los Angeles artist Ed Ruscha and Chinese architect Wang Shu have been named to Time magazine's new list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The annual list, which features personalities from politics, business, sports and culture, was...
Tags: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, China
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The Week Ahead: Suu Kyi sojourn, Thatcher farewell, Italy adrift
Testing the waters for a revitalized Asian alliance Now through Saturday, April 20: Democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Japan this week is purportedly unofficial, but the Nobel Peace Prize laureate probably has more clout than any...
Tags: Italy, Heads of State, Elizabeth II, Giorgio Napolitano, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
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French countess is key advocate for AIDS patients in Myanmar
SHWEPYITHA, Myanmar — After her heroin-addict husband died five years ago, Ei Ei Phyu discovered she was HIV-positive. She thought her life was over until friends directed her to the open-air clinic here where she receives antiretroviral medicine....
Tags: Heroin, Hospitals and Clinics, Thailand, Sex Crimes, Civil Rights
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Myanmar opposition party meets in open to elect leaders
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.NEW DELHI, India -- Myanmar’s main opposition party led by Nobel laureate lawmaker Aung San Suu Kyi began three days of meetings in Yangon on Friday to elect leaders for the first time in its 25-year history. The fact that the government allowed...Tags: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Government
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Michelle Obama's wings
WASHINGTON -- If second-term presidents feel liberated by re-election to pursue bolder agendas, first ladies often become more comfortable to be their own person. Witness Laura Bush, who in her husband's second term discovered that she, too, had a voice...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Jimmy Fallon, Jack Nicholson, Feminism, Awards and Prizes
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Clinton's final lap turns into a sprint
Tribune Washington BureauWhen Air Force One landed in Myanmar on a muggy morning earlier this week, President Barack Obama made a point of having his secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton, at his side as he descended to the tarmac. The three-nation trip was likely the last...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Mahmoud Abbas, U.S. Department of State, Primaries, Government
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2013 State of the Union: Full prepared transcript
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Research, Sales, Employment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Four ladies from Burma
WASHINGTON -- When Burma's Zin Mar Aung was placed in solitary confinement for trying to organize students in 1999, Bill Clinton was president of the United States. When she was released, Barack Obama was in the Oval Office. Zin Mar Aung says she...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Prisons, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisoners and Detainees
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