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2012's 'good news' stories
2012 saw jobs returning to the US, health concerns improve in historic numbers, and more.
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2012's 'good news' stories
2012 saw jobs returning to the US, health concerns improve in historic numbers, and more.
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Backchannels
Obama to visit Myanmar, an overture to a one-time pariahPresident Obama's trip to Myanmar comes as the capstone of a stunningly fast rapprochement with a country the US once treated as a pariah. Is it too soon?
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Exiled to Nowhere
Photographer Greg Constantine's images show the human face of the Rohingya, an ethnic minority who find themselves stranded, with no state to recognize them or protect their rights.
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Terrorism & Security
Myanmar unrest threatens to destabilize democracy and regionA week of clashes in western Myanmar has left at least 84 people dead and forced some 22,000 into crowded camps along the coast, putting pressure on the government.
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Myanmar removes names from blacklist. What does it mean for reform?
Myanmar’s government has trimmed 2,082 names from its notorious blacklist, but ambiguity over the list and fighting in remote ethnic minority borderlands make some worried about the direction of reform.
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Myanmar ends censorship on media publications
Before this latest reform, every news report, book, song, cartoon and piece of art required approval by teams of censors in the country rooting out political messages and criticism of the government. Sill, questions of press freedom in Myanmar will remain, experts say.
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UN envoy visits Myanmar as ethnic clashes test reforms
UN envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana is visiting Myanmar in the wake of recent fighting between Buddhist Rakhines and minority Muslims. Some accuse the government of fanning tensions.
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Opinion: People in Myanmar (Burma) must learn to 'think freedom'
Whatever the military's motivation for allowing reforms in Burma (Myanmar), the people – led by Aung San Suu Kyi – are cautiously beginning to exercise their newfound freedom. But transitional democracies are notoriously unstable. People must learn how to think and act democratically.
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Global News Blog
Clinton to Myanmar: Keep up the reformsThough media laws have been relaxed in Myanmar, reporting on politics or sensitive subjects like ethnic unrest are still subject to censorship.
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Myanmar declares state of emergency in western state
The Myanmar state bordering Bangladesh erupted in religious violence on Friday between Muslims and Buddhists.
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White elephant captured in the jungles of northwestern Myanmar
White elephant, not a lousy gift but an actual albino elephant, was captured in the jungles of Maungdaw township in northwestern Rakhine state in Myanmar.
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Myanmar floods, landslides kill 100 in Myanmar, Bangladesh
Myanmar floods and landslides triggered by incessant monsoon rains in Myanmar and Bangladesh have killed more than 100 people.
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