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Burma power protests put government to the test

By AP News Sat, May 26, 2012 5:13PM UTC

BANGKOK (AP) — Protests this past week in Burma over persistent power shortages have provided a test of how the country’s elected but military-backed government will respond to rising expectations sparked by democratic reforms. Small demonstrations in Burma’s two largest cities and several towns could be seen as an indicator

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Cambodia land activists’ convictions called unjust

By AP News Sat, May 26, 2012 5:01PM UTC

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Human rights groups in Cambodia expressed outrage Friday over prison sentences imposed on 13 women who were protesting being evicted from their land without adequate compensation. The women were sentenced Thursday by a Phnom Penh court after being found guilty of aggravated rebellion and illegal

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Landslide kills 6 gold miners in Indonesia

By AP News Sat, May 26, 2012 4:53PM UTC

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An official says a landslide on Indonesia’s main island of Java has killed at least six gold miners. Six other workers at the illegal mine are still missing after the landslide in West Java’s district of Bogor. Disaster management agency official Budi Aksomo said Friday several

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U.S. activist guilty in attack on Vietnamese singer

By AP News Sat, May 26, 2012 4:41PM UTC

SAN JOSE, California (AP) — A California activist faces up to more than three years behind bars for spraying an irritant at a pop singer from Vietnam to protest communism. Ly Tong was found guilty Thursday of misdemeanor assault and felony use of tear gas in connection with the July

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Little change 10 years after fatal U.S. military crash in South Korea

By Nathan Schwartzman Sat, May 26, 2012 1:09PM UTC

A decade after the tragic deaths of two teenagers who were struck by a U.S. military vehicle, Highway 56 remains a dangerous road to travel. Here, an article about the incident, its causes, and the lack of change to the road since. Original article in Korean is at this link.

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