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The United States said Monday it would no longer allow its row with Myanmar to hold its ties with Southeast Asia hostage, as President Barack Obama geared up for his debut official visit to the region.
PLANT CITY, Fla. (AP) -- Burmese pythons, turtles and albino skunk are among the animals that are settling in to their new homes following an non-native pet amnesty day at Busch Gardens this weekend.
Tokyo - Stocks in Tokyo ended mixed for a second-straight trading day as investors bought up shares in companies reporting upbeat earnings forecasts but sold issues with poor earnings and outlooks. Exporters lost ground on a stronger yen. The Nikkei ...
In a steaming jungle amid a cadre of freedom fighters in what was then known as Burma, Ku Meh beat the odds and finally gave birth to her second child — a boy.
Editor's note: The Journal's annual Unsung Heroes feature, which runs each Monday from Memorial Day to Veterans Day, profiles U.S. veterans who served in wars and conflicts from World War II to the present. This is the last Unsung Heroes article of 2009. MARTINSBURG - A retired U..
The region held by the Wa ethnic group is a piece of unfinished business for Myanmar’s military government.
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About 100 exotic pets were turned in during a nonnative pet amnesty day held at Busch Gardens on Saturday. Workers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) accepted all nonnative pets — no questions asked. Events like this on...
It would be "very hard" for next year's elections in Myanmar to be legitimate without the involvement of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a senior United States official said on Thursday .
Later this month, Norway's second largest university, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), will consider a proposed boycott of Israel. The university's board...
Mr. Morris was a British epidemiologist whose heart-attack research laid the scientific groundwork for the modern aerobics movement.
Yangon - China has started building a workboat wharf as a first step in its project to construct a 771-kilometre overland gas pipeline from Myanmar's Rakhine state to Yunnan, state media reported Saturday. Chinese National Petroleum Corp on October 3...
Despite objections from China, which claims the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh as its own, the Dalai Lama has begun a week-long visit to one of Tibetan Buddhism's holiest sites there.
A top U.S. official held rare talks with Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on Wednesday as part of Washington's highest-level visit to the isolated army-ruled country in 14 years.
(WOMENSENEWS)--A few weeks ago, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's office said it would change strategy on Burma, backing off U.S. economic sanctions of Burma in favor of "engagement" with the military regime, which calls the country Myanmar. read more
In between my kidney stone pain cycles, I've managed to get a little reviewage done — enjoy the fruits of my labor. There has to be a labored fruits joke in there I'm missing because I'm fuzzy from the Vicodin; insert your own if you're so inclined. Let's take a look at new releases by Mission of Burma, Sean Lennon, Los Cenzontles (featuring Blues legend Taj Mahal and Los Lobos' David Hidalgo ...
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