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AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 36 minutes ago
Indonesia's president hopes to discuss a new "strategic partnership" with the United States when he meets US President Barack Obama in Singapore on the weekend, an official said Tuesday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 36 minutes ago
A weekend summit involving US President Barack Obama and the premier of military-ruled Myanmar will be a "breakthrough" in ties between Southeast Asia and the United States, Singapore said Tuesday.
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Columbus Telegram - Tue Nov 10, 11:31 am ET
The Lakeview school board Monday evening discussed how they would like to proceed with short- and long-term planning.
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Foreign Relations - Tue Nov 10, 11:07 am ET
President Barack Obama will travel to Asia from November 12 -19 to strengthen U.S. cooperation with this growing center of global power. A long list of issues crowds the U.S. policy agenda in the region: security, economic, environment, and energy among others.
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Foreign Relations - Tue Nov 10, 11:07 am ET
Where does China fit into the U.S. vision of world order? Like former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama seeks a China that plays by global rules, which would require both political and economic liberalization.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 10, 10:59 am ET
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.
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Voice of America - Tue Nov 10, 9:16 am ET
U.S. President Barack Obama will make his first trip to Asia this month with stops in Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. In Singapore, Mr. Obama will attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. It will be his first meeting with Southeast Asian leaders, including Burma.
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IRIN - Tue Nov 10, 7:45 am ET
THANDAIT, 10 November 2009 (IRIN) - Before the devastation of Cyclone Nargis in May 2008, Cho Tuu, 30, never found it hard to make ends meet, but these days he struggles to feed his family.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 10, 6:05 am ET
New Delhi - The Indian government has published a discussion paper which says there is no conclusive evidence to prove that the Himalayan glaciers are melting due to climate change, news reports said Tuesday. The paper, released by the federal Enviro...
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The Globalist - Tue Nov 10, 12:06 am ET
With this week marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, it is clear that the legacies of walls loom large in history.
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Time Magazine - Mon Nov 9, 9:49 pm ET
Dozens of Somalis duped by traffickers who promised them refuge in Europe are now stuck in Nepal, with nothing to do but wait for international agencies to find them a way out
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The Tennessean - Mon Nov 9, 8:19 pm ET
Hamdi Dahir can transform a woman's hands, legs and fingers from ordinary flesh into a canvas for temporary henna tattoos with almost brocade-like intricacy in a matter of minutes.
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Pitchfork - Mon Nov 9, 7:15 pm ET
It's that time again, upward mobility-seeking readers! The Pitchfork.tv office in scenic Greenpoint, Brooklyn is in need of interns to assist in post-production and administrative capacities for fall/winter. Our ideal candidates will be available 10-15 hours a week (minimum), based in the New York area, and willing to work for experience or school credit. To be more specific, here are the types ...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 6:20 pm ET
President Barack Obama will be at a meeting in Singapore on Sunday also attended by the prime minister of Myanmar, but he does not intend to speak directly with him, an administration official said on Monday.
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New York Review of Books - Mon Nov 9, 6:03 pm ET
By Timothy Garton Ash In the autumn of 1989, the term 'velvet revolution' was coined to describe a peaceful, theatrical, negotiated regime change in a small Central European state that no longer exists. So far as I have been able to establish, the phrase was first used by Western journalists and subsequently taken up by Václav Havel and other Czech and Slovak opposition leaders. This seductive ...