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UN urges action to end child soldiers in Burma
By AP News May 22, 2013
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Burma’s government has made progress in reducing the recruitment of children into the armed forces but still needs to stamp out the practice. Ban’s comments came as Burma President Thein Sein was making a landmark visit to Washington. The former general met with President Barack Obama
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Key senator to let Burma sanctions bill lapse
By AP News May 22, 2013WASHINGTON (AP) — In a significant move, a prominent Republican senator said Tuesday he plans to let key sanctions legislation against Burma lapse because of the country’s progress toward democracy. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell made the announcement after meeting the nation’s President Thein Sein who is making a landmark visit to Washington. On Monday,
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Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps
By AP News May 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government’s decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington turned down an appeal
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New rice contamination reported in China
By AP News May 22, 2013
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China following tests that found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country’s largest cities was contaminated with a toxic metal. The mills in Hunan province’s Youxian county were ordered to suspend business and recall their products after samples showed excessive levels
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Hundreds seek compensation in Japan nuclear crisis
By AP News May 22, 2013
TOKYO (AP) — Hundreds of people living just outside Japan’s Fukushima prefecture say they have been denied adequate compensation after the country’s 2011 nuclear disaster despite suffering elevated radiation levels. Nearly 700 residents from Hippo district in Miyagi prefecture, just northeast of Fukushima, filed a claim Tuesday with a government arbitration office demanding that they
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Sri Lankan unions allege government intimidation
By AP News May 22, 2013COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan labor union leaders are accusing the government of using threats and intimidation to undermine a one-day strike against a recent increase in electricity rates. The unions planned the strike Tuesday in rare public resistance to President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s powerful government. But few people joined the strike, with key
