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US Official: Pace of Burmese emigration to Fort Wayne expected to level off in years ahead
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A federal official says the pace of refugees emigrating from the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar to Fort Wayne is expected to level off in the years ahead. Fort Wayne is home to more than 6,000 immigrants from Myanmar,...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Politics, Burma
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Step toward possible military intervention in Syria
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending about 200 troops to Jordan, the vanguard of a potential U.S. military force of 20,000 or more that could be deployed if the Obama administration decides to intervene in Syria to secure chemical weapons arsenals...
Tags: Iraq, David Petraeus, International Military Interventions, Bashar Assad, Chuck Hagel
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United Nations says Syria conflict a humanitarian catastrophe
Reuters* U.N. says more than 70,000 people killed in Syria war * Number of refugees could hit 3.5 million by end of year * Syria blames terrorism, sanctions for people's plight By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, April 18 (Reuters) - Syrian families have...Tags: Turkey, Politics, Bashar Assad, Lebanon, International Organizations
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Syrian opposition begins rewriting history in textbooks
ANTAKYA, Turkey — In newly printed textbooks at dozens of Syrian refugee schools, a small piece of Middle East geography has been amended. Seventy-five years ago, Turkey annexed the northern Syrian territory of Hatay against the will of Syria, but...
Tags: Turkey, Teachers, Separation of Church and State, Culture, Teaching and Learning
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FDR's Holocaust lapse
Responding to Rafael Medoff's Op-Ed article Sunday detailing FDR's reaction to Jews facing persecution in Nazi Germany, reader Robert Ouriel wrote in a letter published Friday that "as an American and a Jew, I found [Medoff's] criticism of Franklin D....
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Nazi Party, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights
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Jordan opens second camp for Syrian refugees
Jordan on Wednesday opened a second camp to shelter the increasing numbers of refugees pouring out of Syria, one day after a United Nations official warned that the regional crisis had hit “a breaking point.” About 100 Syrians arrived...
Tags: Iraq, United Nations, Alternative Energy, Water Supply, Politics
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Number of Syrian refugees could triple this year, U.N. warns
BEIRUT — The number of Syrian refugees, who already total more than 1 million, could double or even triple this year if the conflict continues unabated, the United Nations top refugee official said Sunday. “If this escalation goes on...
Tags: Turkey, United Nations, Bashar Assad, Politics
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Kerry pledges $60 million in aid to Syrian opposition forces
ROME -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pledged an additional $60 million in aid to Syrian opposition forces Thursday, including food and medical support directly to armed rebels for the first time but turning aside their demand for weapons. Kerry,...
Tags: John Kerry, Military Equipment, Al Jazeera English (tv network), National Government, Bashar Assad
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Afghans seek their own exit strategy
KABUL, Afghanistan — Nabil Ahmad was at his desk at a logistics support firm last spring when an explosion ripped through the office. Windows shattered. The ceiling collapsed. "I thought it was an earthquake — or the end of the world," the...
Tags: Interior Policy, Indonesia, Pakistan, Migration, International Military Interventions
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U.N.: Indian Ocean claims hundreds as 'one of the deadliest' waters
By the time their rickety boat was rescued last week off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka, nearly a hundred of the weakened passengers had lost their lives – roughly three times as many as survived. The starving people had endured nearly two...
Tags: United Nations, Bodies of Water, Oceans, Sri Lanka, Politics
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'Outcasts' author speaks at NSU
Warren St. John was skeptical of the blizzard warning that told him to prepare for Aberdeen weather, but the New York City-based author made it to his speaking engagement at Northern State University on Monday without incident. St. John is the...
Tags: New York City, Education, Teaching and Learning, Politics, Colleges and Universities
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Refugees filling in labor gaps
Gay Htoo, a Karen refugee from Myanmar, settled in Spokane, Wash., three years ago, but the prospect of a full-time job attracted him to Aberdeen. "Before, I could usually only get part-time work, but a friend told me there were jobs here," he said....
Tags: Social Services, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, U.S. Department of State, Politics
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