I Love the Mohawk Valley: International church offers services in three languages
I Love the Mohawk Valley: International church offers services in three languagesUtica Observer DispatchPaw Chit of Burma sings a religious song during a Burmese church service Sunday May 20, 2012 at the Redeemer Church's International Campus on South Street. By ANGELICA A. MORRISON Take a peek inside the Redeemer Church's International Campus at the ...
News of the Day From Across the Globe
News of the Day From Across the GlobeSan Francisco ChronicleRomeo Langlois, 35, had been accompanying troops on a counter-drug mission in Caqueta state Saturday. He was wounded in the fighting that killed three soldiers and a police officer, officials said. 2 State of emergency: Sudan declared a state of ...
Sea slavery in Thailand
Sea slavery in ThailandAsian CorrespondentTwelve bodies dropped into the sea, Da said; two slumped forward, and bled out on the deck. “I was ordered to dump them into the water,” he said, “and clean up the mess.” On land, Thai long-haul fishermen tend to occupy society's lower rungs.
Obama declares 'new chapter' for US, Myanmar
Obama declares 'new chapter' for US, MyanmarKFVSPresident Barack Obama is declaring a "new chapter" in US relations with Myanmar, the former pariah state also known as Burma. President Barack Obama is declaring a "new chapter" in US relations with Myanmar, the former pariah state also known as Burma ...and more »
Books to the future
Books to the futureThe NationBut we also run foundations that preserve books, Buddhist palm-leaf manuscripts, and promote reading in Burma," he says. Thant was in Bangkok last week at the TK Conference on Reading 2012 to discuss his mission to revive Myanmar's reading culture and ...