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American on hunger strike in Myanmar jail: lawyer

AFP - 2 hours 22 minutes ago

A US citizen jailed in military-run Myanmar has gone on a hunger strike and is in deteriorating health, his overseas lawyer said Friday.

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President Accepts Nobel Peace Prize
Local 12 Cincinnati - Thu Dec 10, 9:19 am ET
"Let us reach for the world that ought to be. We can understand that there will be war, and still strive for peace."
Obama defends US wars as he accepts peace prize
The Oregonian - Thu Dec 10, 9:19 am ET
A wartime president honored for peace, Obama became the first sitting U.S. president in 90 years and the third ever to win the prize -- some say prematurely.
In accepting peace prize, Obama defends U.S. wars
The Herald-Mail - Thu Dec 10, 9:17 am ET
President Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war.
Obama Nobel Speech: 'War Is Peace'
CommonDreams.org - Thu Dec 10, 9:12 am ET
by Ben Feller OSLO, Norway - President Barack Obama evoked the cause of a just war on Thursday, accepting his Nobel Peace Prize just nine days after sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to war in Afghanistan but promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be." Obama became the first sitting U.S. president in 90 years and the third ever to win the prize - some say ...
Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize, defends U.S. wars
San Diego 6 - Thu Dec 10, 9:09 am ET
President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to...
Towards Global Reconciliation - Middle East Summit
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 10, 9:00 am ET
An international summit bringing together more than 300 reconciliation experts from around the world to tackle global cultural, racial, religious and political difference will be held in Amman, Jordan, from Monday.
Obama: War sometimes necessary to obtain peace
Air Force Times - Thu Dec 10, 8:57 am ET
OSLO — President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to “reach for the world that ought to be.”A wartime president honored for peace, Obama became the first sitting U.S. president in 90 years and the third to win the ...
Obama defends U.S. wars while accepting Nobel Peace Prize
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Thu Dec 10, 8:34 am ET
First sitting president to win prize in 90 years
President Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay - Thu Dec 10, 8:31 am ET
President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with a speech on the need for war. "The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it," he said.
Obama accepts Nobel prize, acknowledges irony
Chicago Tribune - Thu Dec 10, 8:21 am ET
Read a full text of the president's Nobel Lecture below the fold. See the president's speech here and read the full report from Oslo, updated at the conclusion at 8:20 am EST:
President Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Staten Island Advance - Thu Dec 10, 8:19 am ET
'True peace is not just freedom from fear, but freedom from want,' he says
Four killed, 17 injured in blast in India's Assam state - Summary
EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 10, 8:16 am ET
New Delhi - At least four people were killed and 17 injured when a powerful blast ripped through a busy market in India's north- eastern state of Assam on Thursday, news reports said. The blast took place in the market near an army cantonment in Misa...
James Bradley: Obama's Nobel More Deserved Than Teddy Roosevelt's?
The Huffington Post - Thu Dec 10, 8:12 am ET
Theodore Roosevelt won the Peace Prize for bringing the Russians and Japanese to the negotiating table to end the bloody Russo-Japanese War. In fact, Roosevelt did little to abet peace.
Obama: Peace is goal, but war sometimes justified
The Record and Herald News - Thu Dec 10, 8:03 am ET
President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to "reach for the world that ought to be."
HostelBookers Still Travel to Cuba, Myanmar and Syria
Marketwire - Thu Dec 10, 7:56 am ET
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Dec. 10, 2009) - US foreign policy has banned competitors of HostelBookers from offering accommodation in Cuba, Myanmar (Burma) or Syria. As a British-owned company, HostelBookers are not bound by this travel ban , and continue to offer the best in budget accommodation in these destinations. Whilst traveling to these countries can present an ethical dilemma ...