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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.
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.
The administration recently completed a review and decided not to change the Bush-era policy, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday.
The overwhelming majority of Americans dont experience corruption the way people in poorer countries do... By Andisheh Nouraee Last week, I wrote about how individual and official corruption has pushed Nigeria to the brink of collapse. Despite being as dense with natural resources as a Whole Foods store built on top of an Exxon, roughly 80 percent of Nigerians live on less than $2 per day ...
Many immigrants and refugees learned about an American Thanksgiving, making South Hills Interfaith Ministry's Thanksgiving dinner a new holiday tradition.
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(RTTNews) - The United States has said that it will not join an international treaty banning land-mines, supported by more than 150 countries, because a policy review had found that the US could not meet its "national defense needs" without land-mines.
Sri Lanka's ex-military chief will challenge President Mahinda Rajapakse in upcoming elections, an opposition party said Tuesday, after the pair engineered the defeat of a bloody Tamil Tiger revolt.
WASHINGTON — The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Tuesday promised swift action to get dangerous products off the market, acknowledging that the agency didn't move quickly enough on a record recall of more than 2 million cribs linked to four deaths. 'We were not advancing this case as quickly as possible,' chairman Inez Tenenbaum said. 'So, I put all of the resources for the ...
SATSALONGKYA, 25 November 2009 (IRIN) - Hla Shwe, 47, had great expectations for his 14ha of paddy fields, which he hoped would help him recover from the devastation of Cyclone Nargis.
C. Ronald Bilowith, 71, of Ocean View, formerly of Clifton, N.J., died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, at the Delaware Hospice Center in Milford.
In anticipation of the Dec. 1 referendum on a scaled-back capital improvement project, the Iroquois Central School District Board of Education voted unanimously at its Nov. 9 meeting to approve the appointment of inspectors, chief and alternate inspectors, clerks and chairpersons to oversee the public vote.
Construction work on Bowen Road in Elma, about a half-mile north of Rice Road, is moving along, but will still take a couple more weeks until the job is done and the detour is lifted.
The Erie County Sheriff's office this weekend reported two automobile accidents in the Town of Elma. On Friday evening, a 19-year-old Elma woman was struck by a vehicle while crossing Transit Road on foot. She died the following day. Very early Saturday morning a pickup truck overturned and struck a tree on Maple Road in Elma, killing the driver and injuring the passenger.
The Boys & Girls Club of Elma, Marilla and Wales will hold a Mardi Gras-themed auction at the club on Sat., Nov. 21 at 6:30 p.m. In its 28th year, this auction is one of the biggest fundraisers for the club and its operations. Tracey Karp, the club’s executive director, said the event has brought in around $20,000 in the past, with over 200 people attending.
Absolut Care of Aurora Park, in partnership with the Aurora Ice Association, is sponsoring a free family skate night on Wed., Nov. 25 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Time Warner Classic Rink on Riley Street.
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