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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.
*The Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu once said, “He who obtains has little, he who scatters has much.” That sentiment is the recurring theme of A Passion for Giving, an inspirational documentary marking the brilliant directorial debut of Robin Baker Leacock.
JOHANNESBURG, 26 November 2009 (IRIN) - The ground-breaking Mine Ban Treaty (MBT), which came into force 10 years ago, will hold its second five-year review conference from 29 November to 4 December in the port city of Cartagena in northern Columbia.
Students bond over customs both familiar and foreign. To the class of "newcomer" students at Jefferson Elementary School, Thanksgiving was largely a foreign concept.
Amnesty International has started up a write-a-thon to help save Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi who has been imprisoned in Myanmar for voicing dissenting views. The write-a-thon is looking for 250,000 letters written to the Myanmar embassy in Washington DC on behalf of concerned individuals...
Face time with ... Jim Lowers, 69, of Bartlett, as he was drinking coffee at Four Beans Coffeehouse in Batavia, on his way to his daughter and son-in-law, Sara and Matt Szydlowski, in Batavia
In October, the Myanmar authorities arrested at least 10 political activists and journalists for trying to help survivors of Cyclone Nargis. Their whereabouts is unknown.
Bangkok - Supply and demand for amphetamine-type drugs is climbing rapidly in South-East and East Asia with potentially fearful consequences, a UN report released in Bangkok Thursday said. Gary Lewis, regional representative of the United Nations Off...
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has decided not to sign an international convention banning land mines. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Tuesday that the administration recently completed a review and decided not to change the Bush-era policy.
German-Bohemian immigrants labored to produce good grain in the fields of western Kansas. Faith also grew strong there and, possibly, produced a saint.
CNOOC Limited (CNOOC) is one of the leading producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas in China. It is also one of the leading independent upstream energy companies in the world. The company is engaged in the exploration, development, production and marketing of crude oil and natural gas.
President Obama’s decision to cling to antipersonnel mines keeps the US on the wrong side of history and the wrong side of humanity.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping plans to visit Japan next month to meet with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Nikkei English News said, without citing anyone. Xi will also visit South Korea, Cambodia and Myanmar, the report said.
The orphans of Myanmar wait far from Big Sky country, butsometimes this seems the only place where help comes from.
Samak Sundaravej, a former Thai Prime Minister known for his acidtongue and weekly gourmet cooking show, died of cancer on Tuesday morning
About 40 fishermen from four Taiwanese boats were held in Myanmar after being intercepted by naval forces, apparently on suspicions of illegal fishing, an official and media said here Monday.
