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Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to halt violence against a Muslim minority but praised economic and political reforms in the formerly pariah nation that is emerging as a U.S. ally in China's backyard....Tags: Thein Sein, U.S. Military, Asia, Minority Groups, Freedom of Religion
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RPT-Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit
Reuters(Repeats May 19 story with no changes to text) * Myanmar president in first visit to Washington * Concern about rights abuses in ethnic conflict * Washington wants to foster ally on China's border By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) -...Tags: Thein Sein, U.S. Military, Asia, Minority Groups, Energy Resources
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Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47...Tags: U.S. Military, Thein Sein, Asia, Minority Groups, Energy Resources
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Historians fret fate of War of 1812 sites
On a grassy hill a mile west of the Patuxent River, historian Ralph Eshelman can see the same bucolic view of fields and placid water anxious British soldiers likely saw when they landed in the summer of 1814 — the first stop in their campaign to...Tags: Arts and Culture, Archaeology, Human Interest, Interior Policy, Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland)
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Talk of drones patrolling US skies spawns anxiety
WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect that thousands of drones could be patrolling U.S. skies by the end of this decade is raising the specter of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and bedrooms. The worries began mostly on the political...
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Remains Of NJ Soldier Among Those Sent To Landfill, Air Force Acknowledges
The Air Force admitted Thursday that it sent more sets of military personnel remains to a Virginia landfill than it originally acknowledged.
Backtracking on initial information about how it handled the remains of American service members killed in Iraq...Tags: U.S. Navy, The Pentagon, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense, The Washington Post
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Congressman tops Watson, the 'Jeopardy' computer
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Turns out all it took to top Watson, the Jeopardy-winning computer, was a real-life rocket scientist. Rep. Rush Holt of New Jersey is just such a scientist. The congressman topped the IBM computer Monday night in a "Jeopardy"...Tags: New Jersey, Elections, Politics, Washington (U.S. state), Science and Technology
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Roll Call: House votes on abortion, health exchange bills
WASHINGTON - Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Saturday: HOUSE Abortion tax policies Voting 251 for and 175 against, the House on Wednesday sent the Senate a bill (HR3) that would use the U.S. tax code as a...Tags: Water Pollution, Insurance, Personal Income, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Insurance Cost
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Senate widens probe of destroyed tapes
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLawmakers leading the Senate investigation of the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes said there were gaps in the testimony of CIA Director Michael V. Hayden on Tuesday and outlined plans to call a series of witnesses as part of an expanding...Tags: Michael V. Hayden, Abusive Behavior, Laws, Terrorism, Politics
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