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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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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...
Myanmar charges detained fishermen: official
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 6, 3:07 am ET
Myanmar has charged 128 foreign fishermen with violating immigration laws after they were arrested last month for illegal fishing, an official said Sunday.
Griego: Refugees need friends in Denver
Denver Post - Tue Dec 8, 3:29 am ET
The offices of Ecumenical Refugee and Immigration Services reside on the fourth floor of an office building at 16th Avenue and Downing Street. The building is shared by an accountant, an insurance agent and a guy with a sound studio, among others.
Peace prize awaits 'war president' Obama in Oslo - Feature
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 8:01 pm ET
Washington - US President Barack Obama will have to put on his best balancing act when he arrives Thursday in Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, a week after ordering a major escalation of the fight in Afghanistan. Receiving one of the world's mos...
Bull in a China Shop: The False Pretense of Iraqi Democracy
The Mass Media - Tue Dec 8, 6:44 pm ET
The war in Iraq was not about spreading democracy, as it was about bringing down a dictatorship build on war crimes and fear. President George W. Bush said on the deck of the Abraham Lincoln Navy flight deck that the images of the falling statues represented a new era of peace and liberty would make Iraq safer and help fight the war on Iraq, It was security that was important.
SOE Launches Mass Animation Contest on Facebook
IGN PS3 - Tue Dec 8, 11:52 am ET
DC Universe Online (PS3) Design an animation for the game, fame to follow shortly.
Four premiers to attend opening of Southeast AsianGames - Summary
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 4:47 am ET
Vientiane - The prime ministers of Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam are scheduled to attend the opening ceremony of the 25th Southeast Asian Games hosted by Laos this week, state media reported Tuesday. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Myanma...
Four premiers to attend opening of Southeast AsianGames
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 1:47 am ET
Vientiane - The prime ministers of Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam are scheduled to attend the opening ceremony of the 25th Southeast Asian Games being hosted by Laos this month, state media reported Tuesday. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen,...
GM, Chrysler healthier
Detroit Free Press - Mon Dec 7, 11:33 pm ET
Believers and skeptics of General Motors Co.'s and Chrysler Group's government-backed rescues can agree: Both companies are better off today than a year ago.
GLOBAL: Climate change costs a lot
IRIN - Tue Dec 8, 12:45 pm ET
COPENHAGEN, 8 December 2009 (IRIN) - In the past 18 years 11,000 extreme events have claimed the lives of 600,000 people and cost US$1.7 trillion across the globe, said the Climate Risk Index 2010, released in Copenhagen at the UN climate change conference.
Arizona Pain Specialists' Charitable Foundation to Host Christmas Party for Refugee Children
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 11:54 am ET
PHOENIX----Arizona Pain Specialists, a local pain management clinic, will be hosting a Christmas party for refugee children at the Arizona Medical Clinic in Phoenix on Sunday, December 13, 2009, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Armenian Holiday Food Fair at St. Hagop's Dec. 12
The Journal Times - Tue Dec 8, 10:12 am ET
CALEDONIA — St. Hagop Armenian Church, 4100 Newman Road, willhold a Holiday Food Fair from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12.There is no admission fee.
Sissoko out with pulled muscle for showdown with Bayern Munich
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 9:16 am ET
Rome - Mohamed Sissoko was to be sidelined later Tuesday when Juventus play a crucial Champions League match with visiting Bayern Munich, the Turin club's website reported. The Mali midfielder, 24, pulled a muscle in his left leg during a training se...