Lawmakers worldwide urge Myanmar probe
CNN - Fri Dec 11, 2:42 am ETMore than 400 lawmakers from around the world have urged the United Nations to investigate Myanmar's military junta, accusing it of committing crimes against humanity.
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USA: Amnesty International Congratulates President Obama on Nobel Peace Prize
Amnesty International - Thu Dec 10, 3:23 am ETLarry Cox, Amnesty International USA executive director, issued the following statement on the eve of President Barack Obama's acceptance of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.
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Singapore, Laos eye football semis at SEA Games
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 2:57 am ETSingapore and Laos are eyeing the football semi-finals at the Southeast Asian Games Thursday, as the first clutch of golds are handed out in the swimming pool in Vientiane.
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Indonesia wins first golds at SEA Games
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Thu Dec 10, 2:07 am ETIndonesia claimed mountain biking victories while Thailand took two shooting golds Thursday to rise to the top of the medals table at the Southeast Asian Games. Pakarn Karndee, a 21-year-old marksman, won the men's 25 meters standard pistol and joined his compatriots to help Thailand win the men's 25 meters standard pistol team event.
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Christian Living Resources, Bible Study Tools, Jesus Christ
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Kazakhstan’s UN-Run Center Aims to Stop Flow of Afghan Heroin
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 10, 1:06 am ETDec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations opened an office in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, to help central Asian countries share intelligence and counter drug trafficking from Afghanistan.
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Bali Democracy Forum opens in Indonesia
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 12:50 am ETIndonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened the second Bali Democracy Forum on Thursday with a call for more equitable growth after the global financial crisis.
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Philippines, Muslim rebels expand international ceasefire team
EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 10, 12:31 am ETManila - The Philippines and Muslim secessionist rebels have agreed to reconstitute and expand an international team monitoring a ceasefire agreement in the country's troubled south, a joint statement said Thursday. Peace panels of the government and...
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Obama travels to Oslo, Norway, to receive Nobel Peace Prize
Washington Post - Thu Dec 10, 12:00 am ETOSLO -- President Obama departed Wednesday night for this Scandinavian city, where he will accept the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize just over a week after announcing plans to deploy 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
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Oslo braces to welcome 'war president' Nobel laureate
Space War - Wed Dec 9, 11:04 pm ETOslo (AFP) Dec 9, 2009 - Helicopters buzzed through central Oslo's grey skies Wednesday as the city beefed up security on the eve of US President Barack Obama's visit to accept his controversial Nobel Peace Prize.
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Obama defends US wars as he accepts peace prize
The Oakland Press - Fri Dec 11, 8:10 am ETOSLO (AP) — President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to “reach for the world that ought to be.”
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Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize, defends 'just war'
Washington Post - Fri Dec 11, 12:00 am ETOSLO -- President Obama delivered an impassioned rationale for war in accepting the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, a paradox that he acknowledged, even as he defended the United States' record abroad in promoting human rights, individual freedom and global security.
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Obama talks of power of Nobel prize
The Kentucky Post - Thu Dec 10, 5:50 pm ETOSLO (AP) — President Barack Obama says the Nobel Peace Prize has had "extraordinary power" to lift up those who would otherwise be forgotten.
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Bill banning import of pythons, other snakes moves to Senate
Sun-Sentinel - Thu Dec 10, 5:00 pm ETCommittee approves ban, full Senate and House still to vote Imports of Burmese pythons and eight other large constricting snakes would be banned under a bill approved Thursday by a key Senate committee.
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Obama, Steeped In 2 Wars, Accepts Peace Prize
WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul - Thu Dec 10, 4:16 pm ETPresident Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners with humble words Thursday, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be."
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Obama, Steeped In 2 Wars, Accepts Peace Prize
WCBS-TV New York - Thu Dec 10, 4:16 pm ETPresident Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners with humble words Thursday, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be."
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Myanmar: Suu Kyi proposes cooperation with junta
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Obama tells Burma to free Suu Kyi
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