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Obama: Human rights key to Asian future
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, delivering the first major public address of his Asian tour, told an audience in Tokyo -- Saturday morning there, Friday evening here in Washington -- that the United States "will always stand on the......Tags: Trade Agreements, Prague (Czech Republic), Arts and Culture, Diplomacy, Politics
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Michelle Obama's wings
WASHINGTON -- If second-term presidents feel liberated by re-election to pursue bolder agendas, first ladies often become more comfortable to be their own person. Witness Laura Bush, who in her husband's second term discovered that she, too, had a voice...
Tags: Women's Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Jack Nicholson
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Four ladies from Burma
WASHINGTON -- When Burma's Zin Mar Aung was placed in solitary confinement for trying to organize students in 1999, Bill Clinton was president of the United States. When she was released, Barack Obama was in the Oval Office. Zin Mar Aung says she...
Tags: George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Prisons, Bill Clinton, American Red Cross
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The spirit moves her: Milla Hniang's journey to a dream
What people go through to live their lives — war and terror, disease and pain, poverty and hunger, long journeys across continents and oceans, loss and heartbreak — always leaves me awed and humbled. You hear a story, like the one I'm offering...Tags: Vaccines, Shania Twain, Alan Jackson, YouTube, Howard County
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Top weekend shows: Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, Mission of Burma
Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall: Garage-rock is alive and in shin-kicking mode in this not-to-be-missed double bill of like-minded Northern California bands. They played at roughly the same time during the Pitchfork Music Festival in July, but fans won’t...Tags: Music, Entertainment Events, Pitchfork Music Festival, Entertainment
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Album review: Mission of Burma, 'Unsound'
3 stars (out of 4) “Forget what you know” are the parting words on Mission of Burma’s latest album, “Unsound” (Fire). Since its inception in 1979, the Boston band has put a premium on pushing forward, its muscular art-punk...
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‘Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown’ debuts April 14 on CNN
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelAnthony Bourdain heads to Myanmar for the debut of his CNN show. Get ready for “Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown,” bowing at 9 p.m. Sunday, April 14. Bourdain will receive heavy exposure on CNN's weekends. “Parts Unknown” will repeat... -
Suu Kyi's U.S. visit may lead to more easing of sanctions on Myanmar
World NowBurma United States Obama Democracy: Myanmar democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi makes her first trip to U.S. in decades starting Monday.... -
Myanmar activist Suu Kyi collecting honors, evaluations
World NowGlobal Focus: Few could have imagined six months ago that Aung San Suu Kyi, the voice of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement and symbol of its long repression, would be the toast of Washington as she belatedly collects honors and accolades given out during... -
French missions abroad on alert after cartoons mock Muslims
World NowFrench embassies and schools abroad were on alert after a magazine published cartoons mocking Muslims and the prophet Muhammad in the wake of protests around the globe over a controversial anti-Islam film.... -
Chinese to Panetta: focus on diplomacy, not military might
World NowDefense Secretary Leon E. Panetta came here hoping to allay Chinese concerns that U.S. is pursuing a new military containment strategy aimed at Asia’s biggest power, but he failed to fully convince the leaders in Beijing....
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