Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit
WASHINGTON (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 ...
Islam's role in diplomacy
HUMAN SECURITY: This is the final part of Regent of Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah’s keynote address at the Peace and Security Forum 2013 on May 16 | MUCH of the diplomacy that is described in the book R...
President's Interagency Task Against Human Trafficking
Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:43 am | Press Release: US State Department | Remarks At the Annual Meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking In Persons | Remarks | Jo...
Excitement builds up for Wesak Day
KUALA LUMPUR: The Buddhist Maha Vihara Temple in Brickfields is abuzz as monks and devotees go through the final stages of preparation for Wesak Day on Friday. | The usually quiet atmosphere was broke...
Obama Seeks More Funds for Asia-Pacific
Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:10 am | Article: US State Department | Obama Seeks More Funds for Asia-Pacific | By Kathryn McConnell | Staff Writer | 17 May 2013 | Washington â€" President Obama has asked Co...
More Reasons than Ever to Stray In Laos
Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:05 am | Press Release: Stray | Media release 20 May 2013 | More Reasons than Ever to Stray In Laos, the World’s Best Tourism Destination | Laos has been named the World’s B...
In symbolic landmark, Myanmar leader heads to White House
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Egypt's Morsi rejects dialogue with kidnappers of soldiers
CAIRO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi stressed Sunday that there would be no dialogue with the kidnappers of Sinai soldiers, official news agency MENA reported. | "No dialogue wit...
British economy only in "modest" recovery: central bank governor
LONDON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said in a television interview on Sunday that Britain's economy had achieved "only a modest recovery". | "We are seeing a recovery. It's...
Pakistan's slain woman political leader laid to rest
ISLAMABAD, May 19 (Xinhua) -- A woman political leader, who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's violence-stricken port city of Karachi late Saturday, has been laid to rest, local media ...
Myanmar basks in US glow after 50 years in the wilderness
MYANMAR President Thein Sein has become the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms. | In a sc...
Human rights issues niggle as US firms eye Myanmar
T-shirts bearing images of President Barack Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader, hang side by side in the shops just off busy Kabar Aye Pagoda Road in Yangon. It is a reminder...
Strife hangs over China billions in Myanmar
China is spending billions to develop Kyaukpyu as its international gateway in Myanmar, but the development threatens to be derailed by communal violence. | "Kyaukpyu is the new gateway to China and A...
Results from Malaysia buoy Fonterra
Revenue growing in a country with strong economic growth and an expanding middle class. | Fonterra's Malaysian operation has doubled its revenue in local currency terms over the past five years. | Dav...
No chartered flight for RP Team in SEAG
Due to the huge expenses, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) scratched the idea of using a chartered flight in transporting the national contingent to the 27th Southeast Asian Games. | According t...
Burma’s Thein Sein says military ‘will always have a special place’ in government
The military that ran Burma for decades will continue to play a major role in the country, the former Burmese general who has presided over the transformation of a nation that only three years ago was...
Burma's President Opens US Visit with VOA Town Hall Meeting
Burmese President Thien Sein opened a visit to Washington Sunday, joining a town hall meeting at the Voice of America to answer questions on human rights, economic development and foreign investment i...
Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit
WASHINGTON (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 ...
Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit
WASHINGTON (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 ...
Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit
WASHINGTON (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 ...
Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit
By Paul Eckert | WASHINGTON (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 b...
