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Myanmar junta official meets Aung San Suu Kyi

AP - Wed Dec 9, 8:22 am ET

Detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken from her home Wednesday into unannounced talks with a junta official, the first in two months, officials said.

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Michigan Couple Sets Precedent with Adoption of Karen Refugees
Christian News Wire - 1 hour 14 minutes ago
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., Dec. 9 / Christian Newswire / -- Jim and Karen Jacobson might describe themselves as ordinary citizens, but the Michigan residents have done something so extraordinary that they just may have set a new precedent in the U.S. adoption arena.
Burmese Advocacy Center offers translation services, job training, health programs
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - Mon Dec 7, 12:03 pm ET
In the year since the Burmese Advocacy Center opened its doors to the Burmese refugees of Fort Wayne, more than 500 new clients have made 7,000-plus visits, and organizers are calling it a success.
12-foot Burmese python captured in Port Tampa
NBC 2 Fort Myers - Mon Dec 7, 4:57 pm ET
Associated Press - December 7, 2009 4:44 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A 12-foot long Burmese python was captured over the weekend in Port Tampa by authorities, who guided it into a city-issued...
Philippines launches offensive against massacre suspects - Summary
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 6:31 am ET
Manila - Philippine security forces launched Wednesday an offensive against militiamen suspected of being involved in a grisly massacre of 57 people two weeks ago, a military spokesman said. Major Randolph Cabangbang said a joint team of soldiers and...
Father Emil Kapaun: As hundreds die, Kapaun rallies the POWs
The Wichita Eagle - Wed Dec 9, 6:59 am ET
By February 1951 the Allied prisoners at Pyoktong, North Korea , were dying so fast on ground frozen so solid that unburied bodies lay in stacks three to four feet high, 30 to 40 yards long. Men hoarded food or stole it from the weak, and left sick men to die in their own defecation.
The Clanton Advertiser
Clanton Advertiser - Tue Dec 8, 11:36 pm ET
A 10-foot Burmese python was surrendered to the Chilton County Humane Society recently. Many people buy the larger species of pythons as juveniles, not realizing they will grow too large for an inexperienced snake owner to handle, said Joe Murphy, humane society director.
US shouldn't 'lose' Sri Lanka: Senate
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 9:09 pm ET
A US Senate report has urged more engagement with Sri Lanka as it recovers from war, warning that Washington risks "losing" the island to China and Western adversaries.
IMF warns action needed on Cambodia's banks, economy must diversify
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 1:46 am ET
Phnom Penh - The International Monetary Fund said Cambodia must undertake critical actions to strengthen its battered banking system, including better supervision by the central bank and faster implementation of measures to boost banks' minimum cap...
Singapore analysts expect economy to grow 5.5 per cent in 2010
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 1:31 am ET
Singapore - Singapore analysts expect the city-state's economy to grow by 5.5 per cent next year, a survey by the central bank said Wednesday. The forecasts beat the government's own projection of an increase in gross domestic product between 3 and 5...
U.S. Risks ‘Losing’ Sri Lanka as Ally, Senate Committee Says
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 1:41 am ET
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. risks losing Sri Lanka as an ally unless it changes its relationship after Western criticism of human rights abuses prompted the country to seek closer ties with China, Myanmar and Iran, a Senate committee said.
Expert: Pythons could live on Gasparilla Island
Gasparilla Gazette - Tue Dec 8, 5:12 pm ET
Boca Grande is not necessarily protected by its relative isolation from the python invasion in Southwest Florida. Burmese pythons are a nonnative species to Florida but have spread throughout the Everglades region with populations estimated in the thousands.
Jared Genser '95 fights for freedom of political prisoners
Cornell News Service - Tue Dec 8, 3:47 pm ET
Jared Genser '95 was standing in the back of the VIP room in London's Heathrow airport when James Mawdsley -- a British citizen who had spent more than a year imprisoned in Burma for distributing pro-democracy leaflets -- was reunited with his family in 2000.
A passion for green living and the environment
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Tue Dec 8, 6:31 pm ET
Former Peace Corps volunteer Paul Thompson is still out to change the world.
Thailand set to dominate SEA Games
FOX 11 Tucson - Wed Dec 9, 2:17 am ET
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Thailand did it, Philippines did it. So did Vietnam and Malaysia before them.
Laos gears up for 25th Southeast AsianGames
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 12:19 am ET
Vientiane - Laos expects more than 20,000 people to attend the opening ceremony of the 25th Southeast Asian Games Wednesday night at its new Chinese-built sports stadium, media reports said. Southeast Asian (SEA) Games spokesman Chanxay Vinavong urge...