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Prison for 3 Burmese teenage killers

UPI - Sun Nov 29, 5:44 pm ET

SATUN, Thailand, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Three male teenagers from Myanmar received prison sentences for the bludgeoning death of a British yachtsman off the Thailand coast, officials say.

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Today in History - Nov. 30
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 21 minutes ago
Today is Monday, Nov. 30, the 334th day of 2009. There are 31 days left in the year.
VIDEO: Council Rock students help Burmese refugees
The Advance - 1 hour 53 minutes ago
Video by Fox29; Special to BucksLocalNews.com
Trip to Burma changes guest columnist's life
Austin American-Statesman - Sat Nov 28, 8:53 pm ET
Gary Watkins has a passion for Burma .
Signs emerge for progress in Myanmar: EU envoy
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 12:03 pm ET
Opportunities are emerging for a breakthrough in the political stalemate in military-ruled Myanmar, including the possibility of talks with the junta, and they must not be missed, an EU envoy said Friday.
India Min: BSNL Told To Not Source Chinese Equipment For Some Areas
Nasdaq - 20 minutes ago
MUMBAI -(Dow Jones)- The Indian government has asked state-run telecommunications firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. not to procure equipment from Chinese companies for deployment in "sensitive" border areas, the junior minister of communications and information technology said Monday.
Goings on About Town: Above and Beyond
The New Yorker - 2 hours 13 minutes ago
goatTitle--VARIETY SHOW TELETHON BASH The Debutante Hour, a lively female vocal trio whose members play the accordion, the cello, and the drums, needs money to record a new album, so they’re putting on a show, with performances by other bands, jugglers, puppeteers, opera singers, and comedians. (The . . .
Amid Bombs -- and Complaints from Zelaya -- Hondurans Prepare to Vote
Time Magazine - Sun Nov 29, 12:33 am ET
The homemade bomb exploded outside the church in this sweaty Central American capital as the choir was singing hymns in a lively Evangelical mass
Growing, Yes, but India Has Reasons to Worry
New York Times - Sat Nov 28, 6:49 pm ET
PONDICHERRY, India — During President Obama ’s recent visit to China, many in India speculated that an emerging “G2” would leave their nation out in the cold.
Thanksgiving behind enemy lines
Marietta Daily Journal - Sun Nov 29, 1:14 am ET
This time each year brings back memories of another Thanksgiving for 90-year-old Austell resident James S. Fletcher. In 1943, Fletcher was fighting during World War II in the jungles of Burma ag...
Evangelical, and Young, and Active in New Area
New York Times - Sat Nov 28, 11:42 am ET
Without disowning longstanding causes for evangelical activists, some young evangelicals have taken up issues previously abdicated to secular and religious liberals.
Time on run leads to time in prison
The McDowell News - Sun Nov 29, 6:03 pm ET
A Catawba County man who skipped the state with a 15-year-old girl and had inappropriate sexual relations with her will spend more than a year in prison.
Local education goes global
The Buffalo News - Sun Nov 29, 7:30 am ET
Students from around the world are coming in dramatically increasing numbers to the Buffalo area to study at local schools.
World week in review
Detroit Free Press - Sun Nov 29, 3:02 am ET
The Obama administration's refusal last week to sign an international treaty to ban land mines is a "reprehensible" decision that puts the United States on the "wrong side of history," said Human Rights Watch.
Myanmar rebels cashing in illegal drugs stocks: UN
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 2:50 pm ET
Military-ruled Myanmar's rebel ethnic groups are increasingly cashing in their illegal drugs hordes on expectations of a junta crackdown, a UN expert said Thursday.
PUSH activists step into 'Makeover' spotlight
The Buffalo News - Sun Nov 29, 7:12 am ET
The sodium-vapor lights are turned off, and the trucks and vans are gone.