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Egyptian troops mistakenly fire on Sinai funeral in sweep against militants behind kidnapping
Associated PressCAIRO (AP) — Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants. The...Tags: Shootings, Missile Systems, Military Equipment, Jerusalem (Israel), Cairo (Egypt)
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Pentagon wants $450 million for maintaining, upgrading Guantanamo prison
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. New details on the administration's budget request emerged on Tuesday...Tags: Politics, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Senate, Government, Elections
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Nigeria military: Authorities to release prisoners taken in fight against Islamic extremists
Associated PressENUGU, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists — including all the women now held in custody. The...Tags: Politics, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Military Equipment, U.S. Senate, Government
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Leading senator to let sanctions bill lapse to reward Myanmar government for reforms
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation against the Southeast Asian nation to lapse because of the country's progress...Tags: Politics, Civil Rights, European Union, Aung San Suu Kyi, U.S. Senate
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Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to halt violence against a Muslim minority but praised economic and political reforms in the formerly pariah nation that is emerging as a U.S. ally in China's backyard....Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Chess Playing, European Union, Career and Workplace, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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President Obama offers encouragement for reforms in Myanmar
WASHINGTON -- President Obama welcomed Myanmar President Thein Sein to the White House on Monday with tokens of encouragement as the former military ruler pushes democratic reforms in the once-authoritarian Southeast Asian nation. Obama praised Thein...
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RPT-Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit
Reuters(Repeats May 19 story with no changes to text) * Myanmar president in first visit to Washington * Concern about rights abuses in ethnic conflict * Washington wants to foster ally on China's border By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) -...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Chess Playing, European Union, Career and Workplace, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Chess Playing, European Union, Career and Workplace, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Jorge Rafael Videla dies at 87; Argentine dictator
BUENOS AIRES — Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who presided over that country's so-called dirty war in which up to 30,000 dissidents were murdered or disappeared, died Friday while serving a 50-year prison sentence. He was 87. He...Tags: Buenos Aires (Argentina), Politics, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment
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Myanmar leader's record on reform pledges mixed going into historic White House meeting
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on a principle of taking "action for action" by deepening ties in response to...Tags: Defense Equipment, Human Rights Watch, Career and Workplace, White House, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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...
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Myanmar frees political prisoners before president goes to US
ReutersYANGON, May 17 (Reuters) - Myanmar's government has freed 23 political prisoners, a senior interior ministry official said on Friday, the day President Thein Sein was due to leave for a landmark visit to the United States. The official declined to be...Tags: Politics, European Union, Government, Thein Sein, Barack Obama
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