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Duped Sold into Prostitution then Rescued A Vietnamese Girl and the Man Who Saved Her
Reporter Phillip Martin has been investigating human trafficking in various parts of the world and in Vietnam he found a glimmer of hope, as a young woman who was kidnapped and sold to a brothel in China, returns to her ...
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Human Rights Groups Criticize Obamas Meeting With Burmese Leader
After months of praising Burma for its political reforms, President Obama welcomed the country's president to the White House for the first time in nearly 50 years. But human rights groups are not happy about the invitation. While the U.S. does not fully embrace the actions of the Burmese regime, calling for further reforms and cooperation between ethnic groups, Obama's meeting with ...
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Musharraf granted bail in Bhutto case treason case postponed
Benazir Bhutto in 2007. Separately, the Supreme Court of Pakistan adjourned a treason case against Musharraf in Islamabad, Dawn News reported. The anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi set Musharraf's bail after earlier having delayed making a decision following arguments by prosecutors with the Federal Investigation Agency that Musharraf might flee the country if freed. In the Bhutto case, ...
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US Sees Climate of Intolerance on Global Religious Freedom
The United States said the right to global religious freedom was challenged last year, with governments often creating a "climate of intolerance" leading to hatred and violence. In an annual report, the State Department said Monday government officials worldwide are often allowed to act with impunity while violating the religious rights of their countrymen. It said there often is ...
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Ugandan Police Shut Down Newspaper Offices
NAIROBI -- Police in Uganda's capital have closed down the offices of the Daily Monitor. According to the Daily Monitor's senior correspondent, police have declared the premises of their publication a crime scene and are doing a thorough search of the building. Earlier this month, the Daily Monitor published a series of stories about Uganda's coordinator of intelligence ...
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Russian Billionaire Lebedev Pleads Not Guilty in Court
MOSCOW -- Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev has pleaded not guilty to charges of hooliganism motivated by political hatred. Lebedev says that he is being targeted by Russian President Vladimir Putin because Putin believes he is funding the opposition. Alexander Lebedev, co-owner of Novaya Gazeta, Russia's leading opposition newspaper, went on trial Monday in a Moscow court. Lebedev ...
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Indias Weak Congress Ponders Early Elections
NEW DELHI -- India's Congress party is debating holding a general election in November, six months ahead of schedule, senior party leaders said, reflecting an internal discussion over whether to pull the plug on the shaky ruling coalition or have it serve a full term. Officially, the Congress party says the government - which has been battered by a series of corruption scandals and now ...
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Deadly Tornadoes Tear Through US Midwest
Zach Champion walks through the rubble of his mobile home looking for his belongings, in the Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park, destroyed in Sunday's tornado, near Shawnee, Oklahoma, May 20, ...
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Knockoffs of Iconic American Brands in Myanmar
';Walmart'; in Yangon. (Photo: Patrick Winn) Myanmar President Thein Sein is in Washington this week for a historic meeting with President Obama. Not long ago, Thein Sein was on a travel black list. But in the past two years, Myanmar has undergone dramatic political change that pleases the White House. And Thein Sein is hoping that will mean more US investment in Myanmar. But, ...
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Protests in Thailand in Parallel to Second Water Summit
Bangkok, Ma 20 (Prensa Latina) Groups of protesters today demanded in a parallel forum to the Water Summit responses to problems, such as droughts, floods, and waste materials, a topic that concerns all the world population. Protesters carrying banners demand measures to guarantee the preservation of the human race, and hold that some politicians fail to look into the social and environmental ...
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Philippines Taiwan to cooperate in fisherman shooting investigation
MANILA -- The Philippines said Monday that it would make "coordinated efforts" with Taiwan to look into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman but stopped short of a joint ...
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Malaysias global hydropower meeting to commence in midst of controversy
The International Hydropower Association's (IHA) four-day biennial meeting to push "sustainable hydropower" opens Tuesday in Kuching, the languid capital of Sarawak state on Borneo island, and a highly contentious choice. Sarawak's powerful boss is widely accused of felling huge swathes of rainforest in a much-criticized dam-building drive. Opponents of Taib Mahmud -- ...
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Mobile phones offer financial lifeline to millions of Asian migrants report
BANGKOK--Asia's mobile revolution is set to transform the region's financial services industry, offering a cheap way for millions of migrant workers to send money home to their families, a report said on ...
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Oil prices edge lower in Asian trade
SINGAPORE--Oil prices were down in Asian trade Monday as investors locked in profits from last week's gains after U.S. stocks blazed to new record ...
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Obama hosts Myanmar leader in symbolic White House visit
Myanmar President Thein Sein on Monday became the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, as Washington offers a strong symbolic gesture to back his ...
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Musharraf Wins Bail in Bhutto Assassination Case
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No socks rule is latest bid to ease Pakistan power cuts
In the latest of a series of directives from the country's caretaker government, officials have announced that civil servants have been told that they should not wear socks to the office as part of a plan to try and keep cool without air-conditioning.Pakistan suffers from crippling, debilitating power cuts of up to 18 hours a day. Improving capacity and reducing those huge shortages will be ...
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In Myanmar a movement for Muslim and Buddhist tolerance
Myanmar in late March, leaving more than 40 people dead and raising tensions in the mostly Buddhist country, a group of Muslims and a group of Buddhists decided enough was ...
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Enhancing India-ASEAN Connectivity Key Findings
Senior State Department Visiting Fellow and Project Lead, CSIS Twenty years ago, India launched its ‘Look East’ policy. For most of those 20 years, Myanmar’s isolation, mistrust between India and its neighbors and poor infrastructure connectivity hindered the development of links between South and Southeast Asia. With Myanmar’s tentative opening and improved relations ...
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Record-Setting Burmese Python Captured In Miami-Dade County
Jason Leon (left) captured and killed record-setting Burmese python in Miami-Dade. it measured 18-feet, 8-inches and weighed 128 pounds. (Source: ...
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Russia Two Militants Planning Terror Attack Killed Near Moscow
Russian officials said Monday that security forces killed two suspected militants and detained another, in a special operation near Moscow that thwarted a terrorist attack on the ...
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Coffee May Protect Against Liver Disease
Coffee lovers have another reason to rejoice as a new study claims that regular consumption of the popular beverage can reduce the risk of a rare but serious liver disease. According ...
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Aust resident Abdi arrested in Jakarta
Indonesian police have arrested an Australian resident they are treating as a major people-smuggling suspect.Mohammad Abdi, 36, was arrested at an apartment in West Jakarta early on Monday, along with two other Iranians, The Australian newspaper says.Abdi has denied being involved in smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia.However, he is also known as Said Ali and is a major people smuggler, a ...
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HM Responds Slowly to Bangladesh Factory Collapse Killing 1100
a new $3 billion fund to improve the safety of garment factories in Bangladesh . Watchdog organizations say the companies acted only because of external pressure by activists and workers. The announcement came weeks after Rana Plaza, a building that housed five garment factories, collapsed in Bangladesh last month leaving over 1,100 dead. While H&M was not among the many international ...
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Weak data raises odds of rate cut
Louder call for a policy rate cut on May 29, to weaken baht and boost exports Despite growth of 5.3 per cent in the first quarter, the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has revised down its forecast for the year. This points to a further slowdown in economic activity in second half - which raises the odds of an interest rate cut. Bloomberg's growth consensus for the ...
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Laos looking ahead
The new stock exchange in Laos may be a sign of changes to come in our otherwise centrally-run economy.
Laos is one of the poorest countries in South East Asia, but as the globally economy recovers and commodity prices pick up, the country looks set for a future of relatively strong growth, if not widespread prosperity, and this has been exemplified in the government’s recent decision to open a stock exchange in the country, which it is hoped will bring much-needed capital flowing into the country to fund investment projects in industry and infrastructure, catalysts for further growth in the economy. Read more
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