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Myanmar's court to review Suu Kyi house arrest
YANGON, Myanmar—Myanmar's highest court agreed Monday to review the most recent extension of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest.
Suu Kyi's lawyers appealed to the Supreme Court last month after a lower court upheld a decision to sentence
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Report: Weapons flight heading to Iran
The U.N. imposed sanctions in June banning North Korea from exporting any arms after the communist regime conducted a nuclear test and test-fired missiles. Impoverished North Korea is believed to earn hundreds of millions of dollars every year by
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Report: Weapons flight heading to Iran
The U.N. imposed sanctions in June banning North Korea from exporting any arms after the communist regime conducted a nuclear test and test-fired missiles. Impoverished North Korea is believed to earn hundreds of millions of dollars every year by
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Christmas threats stoke fear among Pakistani Christians who suffered anti-minority violence
"Last year I celebrated Christmas full of joy," said Irfan Masih, cradling his young son near one of the open ditches of the tent camp that has been his home for nearly five months. But now "the fear that we may again be attacked is in our
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Crew of NKorean weapons plane jailed 12 more days
BANGKOK - The crew of a cargo plane loaded with weapons from North Korea was ordered Friday to remain in a Thai prison for 12 more days, as authorities request more time to investigate the plane's cargo and final destination.
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The science of catastrophe: tsunamis and how they work
The devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, caused by a major earthquake under the seafloor north of Aceh in Sumatra, struck five years ago today, killing more than 200,000 people. Scientists say another massive undersea earthquake is long overdue
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AI looks into security breach
The ULFA should immediately hold talks with the government even if the banned outfit's military chief Paresh Barua does not want it, the wife of its arrested chairman, Arabinda Rajkhowa, said on Sunday.
It does not matter who opposes the talks because
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New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border
If this drug stops working, there's no good replacement to combat a disease that kills 1 million annually. As a result, earlier this year international medical leaders declared resistant malaria here a health emergency.
"This is not business as usual.
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US citizen in solitary confinement in Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar -- An American jailed in Myanmar was placed in solitary confinement after ending a 12-day hunger strike, prompting the U.S. Embassy to request his return to a standard prison cell, an embassy official said Tuesday. Myanmar-born Kyaw Zaw
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LITERATURE: India set to restore birthplace of author George Orwell
Now, after years of dithering and failed attempts by Orwell enthusiasts to restore the building, the provincial government says it is coming to the rescue in a bid to lure tourists to one of the most underdeveloped areas of India.
"The house has
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No security concern for Indian boxers in Pakistan!
Karachi: India's seven-member boxing contingent -- first sports delegation to travel to Pakistan after last year's Mumbai terror attacks -- today brushed aside security concerns after arriving here for an international tournament.
"We have no
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Myanmar court charges US citizen
YANGON, Myanmar - A special court Friday formally charged a Myanmar-born American, initially accused of attempting to foment rebellion against the country's military rulers, for forgery and violation of the foreign currency act, his lawyer said.
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All world: China-ASEAN free trade area starts operation
NANNING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) kicked off their free trade area (FTA) on Friday.
The world's largest FTA embracing developing countries covers a population of 1.9 billion and Related
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Myanmar: Pagoda Festival
dawn_1o9 from Myanmar describes the scenes she witnessed at the Pagoda festival in Moe Kaung Pagoda.
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Myanmar Confirms Elections To Be Held 2010
YANGON, Myanmar --
Myanmar's ruling junta chief confirmed Monday that the country's first general elections in two decades will be held this year but gave no date for the balloting, expected to exclude pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
In a
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Myanmar encourages private companies to implement hydropower projects
Myanmar is encouraging private companies to invest in hydropower projects to share the government's efforts in fulfilling the country's growing electric power demand.
Recently, the Myanmar authorities granted one more company to implement hydropower
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Myanmar video journalist jailed for 20 years: rights groups
A Myanmar court has handed down a 20-year jail term to a video journalist who worked with exiled media, rights groups said on Wednesday, as the ruling junta continues its crackdown on dissent.
Freelance reporter Hla Hla Win, 25, was arrested in
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Myanmar Election Could Spark Rise in Refugees
MAE SOT, Thailand (Reuters) - The rubbish dump outside the Thai town of Mae Sot steams with rancid rotting fish and other debris, a squalid haven for hundreds of refugees from Myanmar that aid groups say could swell in size this year. Aid groups are
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Myanmar sentences alleged spies to death
YANGON, Myanmar, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A former army major and a foreign ministry official were sentenced to death for leaking government information, sources at a Myanmar prison said.
The two were found guilty of passing details of supposedly secret Myanmar
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Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to compromise on sea boundary dispute
Dhaka, Jan 9 (DPA) Bangladesh and Myanmar Saturday agreed to compromise to resolve a long-standing maritime border dispute in the Bay of Bengal, officials said.
The lack of a clear boundary has caused tensions between the two neighbours over offshore
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Suu Kyi to be barred from party & polls
YANGON: Myanmar opposition leader Aung
San Suu Kyi faces expulsion from her own party and is barred from standing in
polls this year under the military junta's new election laws, a spokesman said
Wednesday.
In a move that sparked outrage from rights
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Myanmar, Japan cooperate in resettlement project for disabled
Myanmar Health Ministry and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have been cooperating in implementing a resettlement project for the disabled in the country, aimed at helping them in their recovery efforts, sources with the ministry said
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American Christians crying 'persecution'
Christians, who through the centuries have often been persecutors, in our time are often persecutees. Those of us who try to keep an eye on and have a heart for suffering Christians have to log horror stories weekly.
In just a few January days we were
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100 new helipads proposed for Indias northeast
The paramilitary Assam Rifles proposes to construct over 100 helipads in India's northeastern states for quick mobilisation of its troopers along the 1,600-km Myanmar border even as it plans to raise 26 battalions to add to the existing 46.
"We have
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Seeking answers in a forgotten Peruvian quake
In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Army, Army Private 1st Class David Torres, Joint Task Force-Bravo, examines the damage caused by an 8.0 magnitude earthquake on August 18, 2007 in Pisco, Peru. The mission is part of U.S. assistance to Peru
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Thousands view solar eclipse in Africa and Asia
An annular solar eclipse is seen formed over the sky of Myanmar's ancient historic city of Bagan Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Thousands of people in Africa and Asia viewed an eclipse Friday as the moon crossed the sun's path blocking everything but a narrow,
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Solar eclipse viewed in Africa and Asia
An annular solar eclipse is seen from Bagan, Myanmar, Friday.
DHANUSHKODI, India (AP) - Thousands of people in Africa and Asia viewed an eclipse Friday as the moon crossed the sun's path blocking everything but a narrow, blazing rim of light.
The path
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India- Myanmar to hold secretary level talks from Tuesday
India and Myanmar are holding secretary level talks in Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw from Tuesday.
Union Home Secretary G K Pillai is leading the Indian delegation for the three-day talks.
Pillai is likely to hold an extensive interaction on cooperation
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Myanmar court hears Suu Kyi appeal of house arrest
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's highest court began hearing arguments Monday on detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest and is expected to make a ruling later this week.
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Vietnam plans biggest jade Buddha
Than Chau Ngoc Viet Gemstone and Jewelry Co. held a ceremony Monday to kick off the project, with guests including Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet and Thich Pho Tue, the patriarch of the Vietnamese Buddhist Sangha, Bernama reported Monday.
The
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Rights abusers turn on activists
HUMAN rights defenders from Russia to Sri Lanka were themselves targets of vicious abuses in 2009, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in its annual world report.
HRW's executive director, Kenneth Roth, introduced the 624-page report, released overnight, by
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Hijack threat, AI planes put on high alert: Indian media
India has increased security at its airports and warned its domestic airlines about a possible hijack attempt by Islamic militant groups following Western intelligence reports, officials said Friday.
The alert to India's civil aviation ministry warned
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Myanmar verdict on American man expected next week
YANGON, Myanmar A Myanmar court will hand down its verdict next week on an American charged with forgery and currency infractions after being accused of trying to foment rebellion against the country's military rulers.
Nyan Win, the lawyer for Myanmar-
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Tougher Measures Demanded to Save Tiger
(AP) After trudging through the wilds of western Thailand for several hours, the forest rangers thought they were finally onto something: the distant sound of crunching leaves.
Automatic weapons drawn, the five Thais crept forward, hoping to
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Save the Tiger: Pressure Mounts for Tougher Action
After trudging through the wilds of western Thailand for several hours, the forest rangers thought they were finally onto something: the distant sound of crunching leaves. Automatic weapons drawn, the five Thais crept forward, hoping to catch a tiger
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Myanmar party plays down Suu Kyi release report
YANGON, Myanmar - Reports that a top Myanmar leader said detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be released in November, when her house arrest ends, have only served to lower hopes that she might be freed ahead of this year's elections, her
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Opium farming surges in northern Myanmar
BANGKOK (AP) Opium cultivation in Myanmar is increasing rapidly in areas under the control of the military government, an ethnic minority organization said Tuesday.
Myanmar is the world's second-biggest producer of opium, which is the main ingredient
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Summit to focus on saving tigers
HUAI KHA KHEANG WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, Thailand - After trudging through the wilds of western Thailand for several hours, the forest rangers thought they were finally onto something: the distant sound of crunching leaves.
Automatic weapons drawn, the five
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Sri Lankan president triumphant, despite poll challenge
AFP - Sri Lanka's president said Thursday his re-election was a perfect response to those who had criticised his handling of the war against Tamil rebels, even as his defeated rival rejected the result.
Mahinda Rajapakse swept back into a second term
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Myanmar man gets 13 years jail for media contacts
YANGON, Myanmar -- A court in military-ruled Myanmar handed down a 13-year prison sentence to a man accused of working illegally for foreign media organizations, a lawyer said Friday. Ngwe Soe Lin was arrested in June last year after leaving an Internet
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Mobile Internet Access Jumps
Opera's State of the Mobile Web report for January 2010 also noted tha
t Google and popular social networking sites are among the most visited Internet sites in Southeast Asia using mobile phones. In Southeast Asia, which is a focus of this month's
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Give leprosy-affected a chance
If Kondasamy, in his 30s, has ever been pained by noticing people shrink away when he puts out his disfigured hand for alms, then he has chosen to hide it behind his ever cheerful veneer.
"Tum ko uparwala banaye rakhe (may the almighty bless you)," he
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North Korean Weapons Mystery Continues
BANGKOK -- Thailand said Monday that an aircraft loaded with North Korean weapons was flying to Iran when it was intercepted in December but the ultimate destination of the arms is still not known.
Thai authorities seized the Ilyushin Il-76 cargo
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Myanmar Open to return to Asian Tour
The Myanmar Open will return to the Asian Tour following a four-year hiatus after the tournament secured an early-April slot.
Scott Strange was the last winner of Myanmar's national championship in 2005 when he edged out Thai star Thongchai Jaidee and
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REFILE-FACTBOX-Pipelines from Myanmar to China
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Feb 3 (Reuters) - China will soon start receiving oil and gas through two controversial pipelines which run through military-ruled Myanmar.
Here are some
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Sri Lankan president defends wartime policies
He acted in his country's best interests by rejecting international accusations of human rights abuses, he said at the first Independence Day celebrations since the end of the civil war.
He added that since the end of the 26-year conflict with the
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Navy Chief says Milan not a security bloc
Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on Friday said that Exercise Milan, the largest naval conglomeration hosted by India, is not a security bloc aimed at any particular country, specially China and its increasing influence in the Indian Ocean region.
The
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U.S. citizen faces years in Myanmar prison
BANGKOK, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A naturalized U.S. citizen who returned to his native Myanmar faces 12 years imprisonment if convicted by a Myanmar court, said human rights activists.
Nyi Nyi Aung, 40, was arrested in Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon, in
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Assam Rifles to deploy spy unit along Myanmar border!
Shillong: Assam Rifles will deploy its
independent intelligence unit along the Myanmar border by May
this year, its Director General Lt Gen KS Yadava said on Sunday.
"The field intelligence unit is already through and its
raising has started. We hope
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Multi-nation exercise Milan concludes successfully in Andaman
Port Blair, Feb 8 (ANI): The multination naval exercise hosted by the Indian Navy at Andaman and Nicobar islands with an aim to build mutual confidence between the navies of the Asia Pacific region successfully concluded with a passage exercise at sea
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Somali Pirates Release Cargo Ship With 26 Crew
The European Union Naval Force says Somali pirates have freed a Panama-flagged cargo ship and its crew of 26 after a ransom was paid. Tuesday's statement from Cmdr. Anders Kallin said the MV Al Khaliq had 24 Indians and 2 sailors from Myanmar onboard.
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Myanmar court sentences US man to 3 years prison
YANGON, Myanmar—A Myanmar court ordered a U.S. citizen on Wednesday to serve three years in prison for entering the military-ruled country with forged documents and undeclared foreign currency.
Nyi Nyi Aung, who was born in Myanmar, had faced a maximum
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Burmese-American activist jailed in Myanmar
Yangon: A court in army-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday sentenced a Burmese-American pro-democracy activist to three years in prison, his lawyer said, adding to concerns over the junta's human rights record ahead of elections.
Nyi Nyi Aung, a US citizen,
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Myanmar junta chief confirms election to be held this year
Myanmar military supremo Senior General Than Shwe confirmed Friday that the junta will hold a general election this year, honouring previous commitments to the international community.
"A free and fair general election will be held this year in
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Myanmar frees deputy leader of opposition party
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YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's military government on Saturday freed the 82-year-old deputy leader of the pro-democracy party headed by Aung San Suu Kyi after nearly seven years in detention.
The release of Tin Oo, who helped found the
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Myanmar releases deputy leader of opposition party
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar’s ruling junta released the deputy leader of the country’s prodemocracy party from nearly seven years in detention, but offered no indication that he or still-detained party leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be allowed to take
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UN rights envoy visits Myanmar
A UN envoy arrived in military-ruled Myanmar Monday to examine its progress on human rights ahead of elections, days after the junta freed a key aide to democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
Tomas Ojea Quintana expects to meet Foreign Minister Nyan Win but
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Myanmar sentences 4 activists as UN envoy visits
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YANGON, Myanmar — Military-ruled Myanmar sentenced four activists to prison terms with hard labor on the same day a UN envoy arrived to assess progress on human rights in the country, the opposition said Tuesday.
The four women were
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Study shows Haiti quake more destructive than 2004 tsunami
PORT-AU-PRINCE: The scale of devastation in Haiti is far worse than in Asia after the 2004 tsunami, a study has said, estimating the cost of last month's earthquake at up to US$14 billion.
The report released Tuesday from the Inter-American
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China Gas Pipeline
The government on Thursday permitted ONGC and GAIL to pick 12.5 per cent stake in a pipeline that China is building in Myanmar, and allowed them to invest USD one billion more in fields that will provide gas to be shipped to China through the pipeline.
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Myanmar denies UN envoy a meeting with Suu Kyi
Myanmar denies UN envoy a meeting with Suu Kyi The Associated Press Khin Maung Win UN Special Envoy on Human Rights Tomas Quintana is seen at Yangon International Airport Friday, Feb.19 2010 in Yangon, Myanmar. Envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana had said he
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Myanmar jailed monk during UN envoy's visit
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UN Special Envoy on Human Rights Tomas Quintana is seen at Yangon International Airport Friday, Feb.19 2010 in Yangon, Myanmar. Envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana had said he would push the government to allow him to meet Nobel laureate Suu
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World's refugee orphans seeking homes in the US
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Sudanese war refugee Madhel Majok, 17, left, now a high school student in Holliston, Mass., chats with foster parent Paul Boulanger, left, over dinner at their home in Holliston, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. As a 9-year-old orphan, Majok
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Refugee orphans seek U.S. homes
Foster parents Michelle Zimmerman and her husband Peter watch their 18-year-old foster son Lian Sian Kim, program music into an iPod. Kim and his brother, Lian Sian Sang, fled Burma, also known as Myanmar, and hid in Malaysia after they were wrongly
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Bangladesh border guards go on trial for mutiny
The venue of the trial was the Durbar Hall at Pilkhana, the BDR Headquarters, where Feb 25-26 last year, hundreds of troopers had entered an officers' ongoing meeting and after a brief argument, gunned down many.
Among those killed in the first hail
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Posco Submits Initial Bid to Buy Stake in Daewoo International
Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Posco, South Korea’s biggest steelmaker, submitted a letter of intent to buy a controlling stake in trader Daewoo International Corp. as part of an acquisition spree to benefit from the recovering global economy.
The bid was
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Lawyer for Myanmar's Suu Kyi optimistic on release
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A top United Nations envoy was due to arrive in military-ruled Myanmar on Monday following the release from detention of the still-defiant deputy leader of Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party.
Envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana requested
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Andrew Koenig Growing Pains Pictures: Child Actor, Director, Activist
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Andrew Koeing was an actor, director, editor and a busy activist for human rights and the environment.
Photo: Andrew Koeing
PICTURES: Andrew Koenig Missing
And although the former child actor appeared on several other TV shows and
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Thaksin supporters denounce Thai court verdict
BANGKOK (AP) - Supporters of populist former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra denounced a court order to seize $1.4 billion of his assets, and vowed Saturday to pursue a nonviolent struggle for what they said would be a people's democracy.
But analysts
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Company director chooses to go homeless
John Harvey will be joining Melbourne's homeless for one month. Picture:
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John Harvey to spend one month on streets
Hopes to raise money for charity
JOHN Harvey is on a mission.
On Monday he will leave the comfort of his
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Cameroon man faces life imprisonment in Myanmar
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YANGON, Myanmar -- A Cameroon football player who sought refuge at the French Embassy in Myanmar's main city could face life imprisonment on charges of forging currency notes, a newspaper said Monday.
The man, who was not named,
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Naga leaders meet Manmohan Singh, Chidambaram
The prime minister's meeting with the frontline Naga separatist outfit lasted for over 40 minutes but there was no immediate comment on the outcome.
The rebel group's general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah led the five-member delegation that arrived
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Drought drops Mekong River to nearly 2-decade low
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BANGKOK Severe drought has dropped the Mekong River to its lowest level in nearly 20 years, halting some cargo traffic and boat tours on the Asian waterway that is the lifeblood for 65 million people in six countries, a draft report
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Be careful while preparing National population register: Chidambaram tells DMs
New Delhi: The government today asked district magistrates posted along the Indo-Bangla border to guard against people from across the border who may try to enroll their names in the National Population Register (NPR).
Home minister P Chidambaram said
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Norwegian ship hijacked off Madagascar
It was not clear whether anyone in the crew, all from Myanmar, had been injured in the attack early Friday or whether any ransom had been demanded.
OSLO, Norway -- A chemical tanker with 21 crew members has been hijacked by Somali pirates near
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Paris does performance art, exotic locales
Spanish leather maestros Loewe delivered a lovely-but-unadvernturesome collection of Forties-inspired skirt suits paired with veiled toques and bizarre fur-adorned stilettos.
Dozens of vocal anti-fur activists amassed outside of Gaultier's central
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Myanmar enacts election laws, but no date for poll
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Mass. rights group faults Bangladesh on refugees
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BOSTON Tens of thousands of Burmese refugees are being forced into makeshift camps in Bangladesh and face widespread starvation unless they receive more humanitarian aid, according to an international human rights organization's
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Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from election
YANGON, Myanmar -- A new election law issued by Myanmar's ruling military has barred pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from joining a political party and thus running in upcoming elections, state-run newspapers said Wednesday.
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Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from elections
Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from elections The Associated Press Khin Maung Win Members of the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party carry out desk work at the party's headquarters Wednesday, March 10
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U.S. suggests new engagement with Myanmar is failing
YANGON, Myanmar â Washington's new policy of engagement with Myanmar's military government appears to be failing, a senior U.S. official indicated Friday, noting the junta's decision to bar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from upcoming
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Haunted by persecution at home, vulnerable Myanmar refugees face grim future in Bangladesh
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh
- Dildar Begum has no country, no job, no food and is fast running out of hope.
Her husband is imprisoned in a Bangladeshi jail while she lives in a slum with her five children, reduced to begging for rice from her impoverished
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Oil exploration, trade on Hasina's Beijing agenda
Eighty-seven delegates, including businessmen, will be part of her entourage during the five-day visit.
Highly placed sources said officials are busy fine-tuning the programme schedules to make the visit a success, the Daily Star said.
Hasina signed
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Oman's 'gift ship' to Singapore arrives at Kochi shores
The seventeen member crew of the ship, led by Captain Salah Al Jafri, were accorded a traditional welcome.
Oman Ambassador to India, Sheikh Humaid Bin Ali Bin Sultan Al-mani, Oman Foregin Ministry Under Secretary Mohammed Al Sarafi and top officers of
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Myanmar a gateway for wildlife trade to China: report
AFP/DDP/File – Leopard Saia prepares to pick up her cub in the zoo of Hanover, northern Germany in 2009. Demand in China …
DOHA (AFP) – Demand in China is stoking a black market in neighbouring Myanmar in tiger-bone wine, leopard skins,
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Myanmarese demand rollback of new electoral laws
Hundreds of Myanmarese activists took out a rally in New Delhi on Wednesday to protest against the military junta's new election laws in Myanmar.
The military regime in Myanmar introduced the new election laws barring opposition leader Aung San Suu
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Junta frees Myanmar-American, deports him
YANGON, Myanmar — A U.S. citizen accused of subversion was released from prison in his native Myanmar and deported Thursday after serving part of a three-year prison sentence.
Kyaw Zaw Lwin, also known as Nyi Nyi Aung, had been arrested when he arrived
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American released from Myanmar returns to US soil
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American released from Myanmar returns to US soil
CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) - A pro-democracy activist jailed for months in Myanmar after trying to visit his sick mother in prison arrived home in the United States on Friday, capping weeks of discussions between the ruling military junta and the U.S. State
