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In Thailand, a resort for the greater good
MAE WANG, Thailand — As we sat together on a long, narrow raft of bamboo, Alexa Pham dipped her hand into the quickly moving river. "It's the really simple things," she said with a long breath, "that make it beautiful here in Mae Wang." Two wiry...
Tags: Refugee, Thailand, Prostitution, Manhattan (New York City), Sex Crimes
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Myanmar panel proposes measures to ease ethnic tensions
NEW DELHI, India -- Ever since Myanmar opened to the West, released political prisoners and allowed the opposition led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to run for office, it has been dogged by tensions among its many ethnic and religious minorities....
Tags: Minority Groups, Armed Conflicts, Religion and Belief, Immigration, Human Rights Watch
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French countess is key advocate for AIDS patients in Myanmar
SHWEPYITHA, Myanmar — After her heroin-addict husband died five years ago, Ei Ei Phyu discovered she was HIV-positive. She thought her life was over until friends directed her to the open-air clinic here where she receives antiretroviral medicine....
Tags: Thailand, Health and Safety at Work, Family, Politics, Heroin
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Ex-refugees in Fort Wayne protest Myanmar violence
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Former Myanmar residents resettled in the Fort Wayne area are protesting sectarian violence in their Southeast Asian homeland. About 100 resettled refugees demonstrated Sunday at the Allen County Courthouse in Fort Wayne....
Tags: Refugee, Buddhism, Religion and Belief, Islam, Politics
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Food and loathing with Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain is country-music icon Johnny Cash making an obscene gesture to the mainstream culinary world with a succinct turn of a phrase. He is poker-faced singer/songwriter Lou Reed ripping through the kitchen with a cleaver. His larger-than-...
Tags: Music, Cooking Channel (tv network), Restaurants, Universal Studios Orlando, Entertainment
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Myanmar forces accused of 'ethnic cleansing' as EU ends sanctions
The European Union discarded the last of its economic sanctions against Myanmar on Monday, despite fresh reports that Rohingya Muslims there face bloody and persistent attempts at "ethnic cleansing." The decision worried activists working to help the...Tags: Thailand, Minority Groups, Flu, Religion and Belief, Human Rights Watch
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The Week Ahead: Suu Kyi sojourn, Thatcher farewell, Italy adrift
Testing the waters for a revitalized Asian alliance Now through Saturday, April 20: Democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Japan this week is purportedly unofficial, but the Nobel Peace Prize laureate probably has more clout than any...
Tags: Parliament, Japan, Heads of State, Entertainment Events, China
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Marinades and sauces transform fried chicken
Southern fried chicken has long preened in the cultural spotlight, thanks in part to such notables as chef Edna Lewis, TV's Paula Deen and one Kentucky colonel named Harland Sanders. But a new bird is rising out of the East — the Far East —...
Tags: Food Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Malaysia, Chicken Wings
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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: Feminism, Entertainment Events, Laura Bush, Washington, DC, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Your Scene: Big steps in Myanmar
In November, Stefanie Weiner visited Myanmar with small tour group led by a Burmese photographer. At Mingun, a small town near Mandalay, Weiner photographed a young monk traversing the stone arches of Myatheindan Pagoda. "The scene seems to embody the...
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Myanmar officials blame electrical problems for mosque fire
Electrical problems were to blame for a fire that reportedly killed 13 children at a mosque and religious school in Myanmar, authorities said Tuesday, even as the blaze stirred up suspicions of an attack on Muslims. Yangon regional fire chief Kyi Win...
Tags: Arson, Religion and Belief, Human Rights Watch, Religious Conflicts, Islam
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Myanmar's once-proud film industry a flicker of its former self
YANGON, Myanmar — Down a back road in northern Yangon, a sagging teak house fights back the jungle. On the gate, barely noticeable under the weeds, rusty ironwork spells out "A1 Film." Myanmar's first movie studio, once known as the Burma Film Co....Tags: Sylvester Stallone, Celebrities, Yangon (Burma), Human Rights, Censorship
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