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| Jun. 4 |
Myanmar |
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U.S. ships to abort Myanmar mission U.S. Navy ships loaded with supplies for victims of the cyclone will sail away, after the junta refused for 3 weeks to allow them to deliver aid
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| Jun. 1 |
Myanmar |
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Gates could withdraw Navy ships| U.S. Defense Secretary will make a decision within days to withdraw U.S. ships from the coast of Myanmar, after junta 'neglect' | |
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| May. 30 |
Washington |
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Burma policy costs lives, says US| Defence Secretary Robert Gates has accused Burma of causing the loss of tens of thousands of lives by hindering international relief efforts | |
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| May.16 |
Myanmar |
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U.S. to bypass junta to send aid Myanmar is allowing U.S. government aid workers to give aid directly to private aid groups.
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| May.11 |
Myanmar |
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U.S. aid flight en route to Myanmar| A U.S. military airplane with relief supplies has taken off on a mission that American officials say they hope will 'build trust' | | |
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| May.1 |
Washington |
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U.S. broadens Myanmar sanctions Bush froze the assets of state-owned companies in Myanmar propping up the military junta, which is suppressing pro-democracy dissidents
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| Apr.24 |
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Report ties U.S. retailers to sweatshop Several leading retailers received shrimp from plants in Thailand and Bangladesh where workers as young as 8 are subject to sweatshop condit...
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Clinton 'wins key Democrat vote'
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| Mar.30 |
New Jersey |
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'Killing Fields' journalist dies A Cambodian-born US journalist Dith Pran's enslavement and escape from the Khmer Rouge became the subject of the famous film
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| Mar.6 |
Thailand |
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Arms suspect faces charges in US The US is seeking the extradition of Viktor Bout, a suspected top international arms smuggler from Thailand, where he has been arrested
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| Dec.15 |
Bali |
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US sets terms for climate talks The US has said the climate change negotiating process must ensure developing states take their fair share of emission cuts
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| Dec.14 |
Bali |
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Climate deal sealed by US U-turn Delegates at the UN summit have agreed a deal on curbing climate change after days of bitter wrangling
| US had wanted firmer commitments from developing countries. EU and US agreed that industrialized countries would not set firm emissions targets. The roadmap initiates a 2-year process of negotiations to agree a new set of emissions targets to replace those in Kyoto
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Baseball 'rife' with drug use
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| Dec.9 |
Bali |
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U.S., EU push green trade A joint U.S.-EU proposal to liberalize trade in green goods and services would boost the availability of technology to battle global warming
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| Dec.3 |
Bali |
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U.S. to be urged over climate pact Faced with melting polar ice caps, climate experts at a U.N. conference urged quick action toward a new international pact
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| Oct.10 |
Washington |
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Laura Bush to junta: Step aside First lady called on Myanmar's military junta to give up the 'terror campaigns' against its people and allow for a democratic Myanmar
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| Sep.27 |
Washington |
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U.S. freezes assets of Myanmar junta The State Department is also imposing travel restrictions against the 14 senior members of Myanmar's government
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| Sep.24 |
Washington |
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US to impose new Burma sanctions US President Bush is to announce new sanctions against the ruling military junta in Burma
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Iran president in campus clash
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| Aug.31 |
Washington |
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Laura Bush presses UN over Burma First Lady has urged UN chief Ban Ki-moon to condemn Burma's crackdown on pro-democracy protestors
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| Jun.4 |
California |
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10 charged with alleged Laos plot 10 people, including a former general in the Laotian army, were arrested and charged with an alleged plot to overthrow the Laotian governmen...
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| May.4 |
Washington |
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Singapore PM warns US over China Lee Hsien Loong told Bush the 2 countries have a major impact on the region's prosperity, after bilateral talks
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33 students massacred in class
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| Mar.14 |
Vietnam |
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Angelina Jolie adopts boy The Oscar-winning film star has adopted a three-year-old boy from a Ho Chi Minh City orphanage after a short farewell
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| Jan.25 |
Indonesia |
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U.S. picks up missing jet signal
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| Aug.16 |
Thailand |
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Man detained over JonBenet death| 41-year-old US schoolteacher arrested in connection with the murder of American 6-year-old
child beauty queen | |
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| Feb.19 |
Aceh |
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Clinton and Bush see damage After a meeting with President Yudhoyono, the pair flew to the province to see a mosque and refugee camps
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Terror attacks hit U.S.
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| Nov.16 |
Vietnam |
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Clinton arrived in Vietnam Clinton was a one-time anti-war protester
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Closest Presidential election
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