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Obama Plan to Close Guantanamo Prison Faces Significant Obstacles
Activists wearing orange jumpsuits mark the 100th day of prisoners' hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay during a protest in front of the White House in Washington May 17, ...
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Immigrant Drama Shoots for Top Cannes Prize
CANNES -- America's immigration debate finds echoes in a period drama that premiered at the Cannes film festival on Friday about a Polish woman who arrives at Ellis Island and fights to survive in 1920s New York. "The Immigrant" features French Oscar winner Marion Cotillard as the immigrant Ewa, speaking English and Polish in the film, with Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner as ...
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Buddhists mark Vishaka Bucha nationwide
Buddhists in Bangkok joined the prayer ceremony at Sanam Luang to mark Visakha Bucha Day yesterday, while others in the rest of the country participated in similar rituals at their neighbourhood temples. People living in the three southern border provinces began their candle-lit walk around the temple in the middle of the afternoon for fear of attacks despite stepped-up security. Visakha Bucha ...
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Art helps ease the heartache
Artist explains how painting helped him get over his father's death A young Muslim man living in the deep South has chosen canvas and paint to vent his frustration and anger over his father's death to insurgent violence and is using his art to teach local young people the difference between good and evil. Pattani native Suleiman Yamo, 26, enrolled at the Foundation of the Promotion of ...
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Teenagers sex slavery claim doubted
Girl admitted she wanted to return to be with her boyfriend: father New questions have emerged about a Thai teenager's claim that her aunt forced her into prostitution in South Korea. The aunt, Piangjai Kim, flew back to Thailand late on Thursday for police interrogation, in which she firmly denied the allegation. Her older brother, the girl's father, also said that his daughter had ...
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Shuttlers rejoice after historic trip to Sudirman Cup semi-finals
Ratchanok Inthanon reacts during her match against Sayaka Takahashi of Japan during the Sudirman Cup quarter-finals at Putra Stadium, in Kuala ...
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Vietnam - Injustice reigns as eight pro-democracy activists lose appeal in Vietnam
Eight have lost an appeal against their conviction; in this photo, defendants appear in court in January 2013 when the sentences were originally handed ...
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Two men ‘tried to get in cockpit during flight from Pakistan to Britain’
The Pakistan International Airlines plane that was escorted into Stansted by Typhoon jets today Two men had repeatedly tried get into the cockpit of a passenger plane which had to be escorted by an RAF Typhoon jet as it travelled from Pakistan to the UK. Police have arrested two menonsuspicion of endangerment of an aircraft today after the plane was diverted to Stansted Airport. Officers ...
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Pakistan Not Soothed by Obamas Reformed Drone Program
Pakistan officials criticized President Obama's speech on Thursday for not announcing an immediate moratorium on all drone strikes in the country, insisting that any drone attack on Pakistan's soil is illegal and constitutes an assault on Pakistan's ...
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British jets scramble to intercept commercial airliner out of Pakistan
Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and ...
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U.K. fighters escort Pakistan plane to airport 2 arrests
A Pakistan International Airlines is surrounded by emergency vehicles on the tarmac at Stansted Airport, southern England, May 24, 2013. British fighter jets escorted a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted Airport near London on Friday, where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft. (REUTERS/ Paul Hackett) LONDON - British fighter ...
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Buddhist monk sets himself on fire to protest against the slaughter of cattle in Sri Lanka
In February, a Tibetan protester in monk's robes doused himself with gasoline, set himself ablaze and chanted anti-China slogans as he ran down a street in Nepal's ...
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RAF Typhoons divert Pakistan International Airlines plane to Stansted - video
Essex police have made two arrests for 'suspicion of endangerment to the aircraft' after a Pakistan passenger plane, en-route to Manchester, had to be escorted to Stansted airport by RAF Typhoons. The aircraft has been isolated and passengers have disembarked. No one was hurt during the incident and Stansted airport is operating as ...
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Top Bosnia court orders release of president charged with graft
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that the president of the autonomous Muslim-Croat federation, charged with corruption, had been detained illegally, and ordered a lower court to release him ...
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Pakistan lauds Obama stance on drone use in terror fight
President Barack Obama speaks on counterterrorism during a speech at the National Defense University on May 23, 2013 at Ft. McNair in Washington, D.C. UPI/Kevin ...
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Obama Sexual Assaults Threaten Military Strength
WHITE HOUSE -- President Barack Obama says he is determined to stop sexual assault in the U.S. military. Obama addressed the problem Friday in a commencement speech at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The president called on the graduating Midshipmen, soon to become Naval and Marine Corps officers, to show honor and moral courage in ending the plague of sexual assaults in the ...
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Deutrom wants doors open for Pakistan tour
Warren Deutrom: 'We have an understanding of what they are going through and we feel we are in a position where we could possibly ...
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Mixed messages on home deliveries in Philippines
More than half of all births take place at home MANILA, 24 May 2013 (IRIN) - Varied implementation of a Department of Health (DOH) policy advocating health facility-based delivery under the care of a skilled birth attendant (SBA) has health officials and advocates worried that the policy may be doing more harm than good. The DOH policy known as ...
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British fighter jets escort diverted Pakistani plane
LONDON — British fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistan International Airlines plane to a London airport on Friday after an incident onboard, officials said. Police said the plane, which was en route from the Pakistani city of Lahore to Manchester in northwest England, landed safely at Stansted airport outside London after being diverted. ';The plane diverted to Stansted ...
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GM Paragua shares Asian chess top spot with Li
5.0 points--GM Mark Paragua (PH), GM Li Chao (Chn); 4.5--GM Julio Catalino Sadorra (PH), GM John Paul Gomez (PH), GM Le Quang Liem (Vie), GM Baskaran Adhiban (Ind), GM Subramanian Arun Prasad (Ind), GM Marat Dzhumaev (Uzb); 4.0--GM Richard Bitoon (PH), IM Wan Yunguo (Chn), GM Krishnan Sasikiran (Ind), GM G.N. Gopal (Ind), GM Santosh Gujrathi (Ind), IM Firman Syah Farid (Ina), GM Nguyen Ngoc ...
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Asia-Pacific officials discuss security challenges
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - Senior officials from Southeast Asia and their dialogue partners, including the United States, Japan and China, on Friday discussed the sources of tensions and security challenges gripping the Asia-Pacific region. Diplomatic officials told Kyodo News that discussions focused on the fragile situation on the Korean Peninsula and maritime territorial disputes in the South ...
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Pakistan frees 45 Indian fishermen
prime minister as a goodwill gesture. The fishermen boarded a bus to the eastern city of Lahore from where they will cross into India through the Wagha border. "We have released 45 Indian fishermen today on the orders from the higher authorities," Sunil Shah, a senior jail official at the Landhi District Jail, told AFP. Caretaker Prime ...
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Japan told to lean on Myanmar
The Japanese government needs to ensure it's getting a return on its investments in Myanmar by making human rights a priority, Human Rights Watch said. Japanese Prime ...
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Britain scrambles jet after UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted
Britain scrambles jet: A British security official said the situation involving the Pakistan International Airlines flight, which carried more than 300 people, did not appear to be terror-related, but that police were still ...
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Highway Bridge Collapses in US
A road bridge on the main highway between the northwestern United States and Canada's British Columbia province collapsed and sent several cars tumbling into a river, injuring some motorists but causing no fatalities. Authorities said a tall truck hit an overhead girder on the 50-year-old bridge, and seconds later a large portion of the metal structure fell into shallow waters of the ...
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Cambodia reliant on China for a range of infastructure projects
Cambodia is in need of foreign investment for a number of major infrastructure projects and China is becoming the country’s biggest investor on several key ventures. This is part of a broader expansion in China’s influence in Asia as the country continues to develop into the world’s second superpower.
Cambodia suffered through the economic downturn that came about following the financial crash toward the end of 2008. In 2009, the economy contracted 1%, which wrought significant hardship for many hundreds of thousands of people, most notably those employed in the garment sector as the export of clothing fell by around 20% in value. Read more
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