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INTERVIEW-Australian tycoon Packer's Sri Lanka resort deal at final stage-minister
Reuters* Packer's Crown will not be given casino licence-minister * Crown can operate casino through local partner, he says * Sri Lanka to relocate casinos near proposed complex * Nation's growth fuelled by tourism, infrastructure investment By Shihar Aneez...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Casino and Gambling, Tourism and Leisure, Sri Lanka, International Travel
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PRESS DIGEST-Canada - June 18
ReutersJune 18 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL * Canadian post-secondary students feel stressed, overwhelmed,...Tags: Bombardier Incorporated, Barack Obama, McDonald's, Government, Ben Bernanke
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A transcendent perch in the Silver Lake Hills
Every house is a reflection of its owner. Some owners are just a bit more complicated than others. Tim Tattu is still settling into his new house, designed by Los Angeles architect Tom Marble in the steep hills overlooking the Silver Lake Reservoir. It is...
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Thai Muslims debate their future as peace talks raise hope
ReutersPATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Huddled in a room on the periphery of a university campus in the southern Thai province of Pattani, Muslim students debate ideas that have long been considered inflammatory or even treasonous. An insurgency by shadowy Muslim...Tags: Rebellions, Islam, Yingluck Shinawatra, Colleges and Universities, Bangkok (Thailand)
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INTERVIEW-Myanmar minister backs two-child policy for Rohingya minority
Reuters* Enforcement of two-child limit by local govt announced in May * Junta-era restriction applies to Rohingya Muslims in northwest * Minister is most senior official to publicly support policy * Two-child limit denounced by democracy icon Suu Kyi and U....Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Prize Awards, Health and Safety at Work, Bangladesh, Politics
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Japanese port city of Nagasaki has long East-West connection
NAGASAKI, Japan — On my first trip to Nagasaki, just out of college, I knew what most of the world knows: An atomic bomb fell here on Aug. 9, 1945, bringing World War II to a close. It wasn't until my second visit, more than 20 years later on a...
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Special Report: The mother who burned herself to death for Tibet
ReutersBARMA, China (Reuters) - In March, a young Tibetan woman named Kalkyi began making frequent visits to a monastery in Barma, a township in China's Sichuan Province. The slim, rosy-cheeked mother of four was a devout Tibetan Buddhist, a close relative...Tags: Dalai Lama, Chengdu (China), Columbia University, Arab Spring, Suicide
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Myanmar accused of bias in population control policy
NEW DELHI — A watchdog group Tuesday called on Myanmar's government to immediately revoke a population-control policy that blocks members of the minority Rohingya Muslim community from having more than two children, saying the newly revived...Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Islam, Thein Sein, Family, Human Rights Watch
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Northern Myanmar city calm after latest communal violence
ReutersYANGON, May 29 (Reuters) - The city of Lashio in northern Myanmar was calm on Wednesday, residents said, after violence between Buddhists and Muslims the previous evening that highlighted the tension between the two communities after deadly unrest over...Tags: Immigration, Labor Legislation, Islam, Thein Sein, Burma
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Global Voices: Tibetan self-immolation soars with despair
“Fire in the Land of Snow,” a documentary examining the spreading phenomenon of self-immolation protests in Tibet, provides the latest troubling chapter in the history of a solitary population inhabiting the Himalayan highlands known as the...
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Troops patrol Myanmar city after violence, Muslims hide
ReutersBy Jared Ferrie LASHIO, Myanmar, May 30 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Muslim families sheltered in a heavily guarded Buddhist monastery on Thursday after two days of violence in the northern Myanmar city of Lashio left Muslim properties in ruins and raised...Tags: Politics, Islam, Thein Sein, Burma, Religious Conflicts
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