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    Dec 31, 2012 |Story| AM News

  1. GOING GREEN: Amanda's top 5 new species for 2012

    It’s the end of the year and this year has been a great one, especially for discovering new species. There were lots of new species of all kinds of animals discovered and first described this year — even animals you’d think we already know all the species of, like monkeys. Here are my top five favorite species that were discovered in 2012: 
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    It’s the end of the year and this year has been a great one, especially for discovering new species. There were lots of new species of all kinds of animals discovered and first described this year — even animals you’d think we already...

    Tags: Sausages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, Sneezing

    2. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Myanmar frees dissidents before leader's U.S. visit

    NEW DELHI — Myanmar President Thein Sein released some 20 political prisoners Friday, days before a historic summit with President Obama in Washington early next week, according to officials and prisoner rights groups.
    NEW DELHI — Myanmar President Thein Sein released some 20 political prisoners Friday, days before a historic summit with President Obama in Washington early next week, according to officials and prisoner rights groups. The ex-general's...

    Tags: China, Thein Sein, Prisoners and Detainees, Aung San Suu Kyi, Barack Obama

    3. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Myanmar frees group of dissidents ahead of summit with U.S.

    NEW DELHI --  Some 20 political prisoners were released in Myanmar on Friday, just days before a a historic summit between the country's leader and President Obama in Washington, officials and prisoner rights groups said.
    NEW DELHI --  Some 20 political prisoners were released in Myanmar on Friday, just days before a a historic summit between the country's leader and President Obama in Washington, officials and prisoner rights groups said. President Thein Sein will be the...

    Tags: Pakistan, European Union, Civil Rights, Thein Sein, Prisons

    4. May 16, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  4. The Latest: Crusading for 'Sight'; the same old Sense

    <strong>Hope in Sight</strong>
    Hope in Sight Aisha Simjee, MD White Spruce Press; 240 pages Aisha Simjee is a tough cookie. On her first mission trip as an ophthalmologist, the Newport Beach resident flew to Guyana and set up her equipment in an unused school building. Shortly...

    Tags: Common, Authors, Music, Entertainment

    5. May 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Boat capsizes off Myanmar; dozens missing and feared dead

    NEW DELHI &ndash; A boat carrying approximately 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized late Monday off the coast of Myanmar with many of its occupants feared dead, UN officials said, as the region braced for a cyclone expected to slam low-lying areas inhabited by the embattled minority.
    NEW DELHI – A boat carrying approximately 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized late Monday off the coast of Myanmar with many of its occupants feared dead, UN officials said, as the region braced for a cyclone expected to slam low-lying areas inhabited...

    Tags: Tropical Storms, United Nations, Kaman Corporation, Islam, Religion and Belief

    6. May 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Boat capsizes off Myanmar; dozens feared dead

    NEW DELHI — At least 58 people were missing and feared dead Tuesday after a boat capsized off Myanmar while residents tried to flee an approaching cyclone, United Nations officials said. The boat was carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims, many of...

    Tags: Tropical Storms, United Nations, Kaman Corporation, Islam, Religious Conflicts

    7. May 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. In Thailand, a resort for the greater good

    MAE WANG, Thailand &mdash; As we sat together on a long, narrow raft of bamboo, Alexa Pham dipped her hand into the quickly moving river. "It's the really simple things," she said with a long breath, "that make it beautiful here in Mae Wang."
    MAE WANG, Thailand — As we sat together on a long, narrow raft of bamboo, Alexa Pham dipped her hand into the quickly moving river. "It's the really simple things," she said with a long breath, "that make it beautiful here in Mae Wang." Two wiry...

    Tags: Prostitution, Sex Crimes, Refugee, Manhattan (New York City), Politics

    8. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Myanmar panel proposes measures to ease ethnic tensions

    NEW DELHI, India -- Ever since Myanmar opened to the West, released political prisoners and allowed the opposition led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to run for office, it has been dogged by tensions among its many ethnic and religious minorities.
    NEW DELHI, India -- Ever since Myanmar opened to the West, released political prisoners and allowed the opposition led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to run for office, it has been dogged by tensions among its many ethnic and religious minorities....

    Tags: United Nations, Illegal Immigrants, Thein Sein, Aung San Suu Kyi, Religion and Belief

    9. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  9. Food and loathing with Anthony Bourdain

    <strong>Anthony Bourdain</strong> is country-music icon <strong>Johnny Cash </strong>making an obscene gesture to<strong> </strong>the mainstream culinary world with a succinct turn of a phrase.
    Anthony Bourdain is country-music icon Johnny Cash making an obscene gesture to the mainstream culinary world with a succinct turn of a phrase. He is poker-faced singer/songwriter Lou Reed ripping through the kitchen with a cleaver. His larger-than-...

    Tags: ABC (tv network), CNN (tv network), Southeast Asia, Radio, Literature

    10. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Marinades and sauces transform fried chicken

    Southern fried chicken has long preened in the cultural spotlight, thanks in part to such notables as chef Edna Lewis, TV's Paula Deen and one Kentucky colonel named Harland Sanders. But a new bird is rising out of the East &mdash; the Far East &mdash; that is capturing some of that shine: fried chicken, Asian-style.
    Southern fried chicken has long preened in the cultural spotlight, thanks in part to such notables as chef Edna Lewis, TV's Paula Deen and one Kentucky colonel named Harland Sanders. But a new bird is rising out of the East — the Far East —...

    Tags: Chicken, Salt, Onions, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Chicken Wings

    11. Apr 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. French countess is key advocate for AIDS patients in Myanmar

    SHWEPYITHA, Myanmar &mdash; After her heroin-addict husband died five years ago, Ei Ei Phyu discovered she was HIV-positive. She thought her life was over until friends directed her to the open-air clinic here where she receives antiretroviral medicine.
    SHWEPYITHA, Myanmar — After her heroin-addict husband died five years ago, Ei Ei Phyu discovered she was HIV-positive. She thought her life was over until friends directed her to the open-air clinic here where she receives antiretroviral medicine....

    Tags: United Nations, HIV, Sex Crimes, Health and Safety at Work, AIDS

    12. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Myanmar forces accused of 'ethnic cleansing' as EU ends sanctions

    The European Union discarded the last of its economic sanctions against Myanmar on Monday, despite fresh reports that Rohingya Muslims there face bloody and persistent attempts at "ethnic cleansing." The decision worried activists working to help the...

    Tags: Skype, Economic Sanctions, Thein Sein, Flu, Religion and Belief

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