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Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit
Reuters* 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 19 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between...Tags: Game Playing, Chess Playing, U.S. Congress, Minority Groups, Politics
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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: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Armed Conflicts, U.S. Congress, Defense Equipment, International Law
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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 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: Aung San Suu Kyi, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Elections, Politics
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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: Yangon (Burma), Politics, Thein Sein, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights
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The Latest: Crusading for 'Sight'; the same old Sense
Hope in Sight Aisha Simjee, MD White Spruce Press; 240 pages Aisha Simjee is a tough cookie. On her first mission trip as an ophthalmologist, the Newport Beach resident flew to Guyana and set up her equipment in an unused school building. Shortly...
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Ciclón Mahasen golpea costa de Bangladesh, seis muertos
ReutersPor Andrew Biraj CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, 16 mayo (Reuters) - El ciclón Mahasen azotó el jueves con fuerza la costa de Bangladesh y dejó al menos seis muertos y miles de albergados en refugios de emergencia, aunque a medida que avanzaba el dÃa la...Tags: Bangladesh, Chittagong (Bangladesh)
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Cyclone Mahasen buffets Bangladesh coast, six dead
ReutersCHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Cyclone Mahasen buffeted Bangladesh's low-lying coast on Thursday, killing six people after forcing many thousands into emergency shelters, but authorities downgraded warnings later in the day as the storm lost strength....Tags: India, Tropical Storms, Illegal Immigrants, Nabi, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud
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Residents in southern China shout 'Protest! Protest!' against plans for refinery in Kunming
Associated PressKUNMING, China (AP) — More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted "Protest! Protest!" on Thursday to oppose plans for a petroleum refinery, in a large environmental rally that local authorities allowed to go forward in...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Standards, Chemical Industry, Plant Openings, Science and Technology
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Obama to welcome Myanmar's reformist president, Thein Sein, to White House for talks on Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is set to welcome Myanmar President Thein Sein (tayn sayn) to the White House Monday. It will be the first visit by a Myanmar head of state in nearly 47 years and a sign of warming ties between the...Tags: Heads of State, Government, Barack Obama, Jay Carney, Washington, DC
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Myanmar President Thein Sein to visit Obama at White House on May 20
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Myanmar President Thein Sein will meet with President Barack Obama at the White House on May 20 as Obama continues to push the country to make reforms while it moves away from military rule, the White House said on...Tags: Barack Obama, Jay Carney, Washington, DC, Politics, Thein Sein
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Reuters World News Highlights at 0650 GMT, May 15
ReutersMay 15 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. General Assembly is set to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution that condemns Syrian authorities and accepts the opposition Syrian National Coalition as party to a potential...Tags: U.S. Congress, Consumer Goods Industries, Politics, Iraq, Eric Holder
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