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New Canadian embassy will open in Rangoon this year The Foreign Affairs department has confirmed Canada's choice for its first-ever resident ambassador to the burgeoning democracy of Burma. Mark McDowell, who currently works in the Canadian embassy ...

In the wake of President Obamas historic visit to Myanmar in November, American universities have begun to engage with the countrys higher education institutions. A report released Friday by the Institute of International Education, which led a ...

The fire that broke out at an Islamic school on Rangoon's 48th street in the early hours of 2 April inflamed the already tense relations between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma. As soon as the news broke that 13 boys were killed, polarised views from ...

Writer Ma Thida says she writes about the many issues that Burma faces just to be a good citizen. (Photo: Langdonpix) RANGOON—During an interrogation session at Rangoon's Insein Prison in 1995, a military intelligence officer asked a 29-year-old ...

Joni and Friends Campbellsville prof receives $12,000 grant for Hispanic training CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (Campbellsville University) -- Twyla Hernandez, assistant professor in Christian missions at Campbellsville University's School of Theology, has ...

Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons M2 Communications John Kerry, Secretary of State White House, Washington, DC -- MS. JARRETT: Good morning, everyone. I'm Valerie ...

When Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visits India from May 19-21, the Sino-Indian territorial dispute will be on the top of his strategic agenda. Li will visit against the backdrop of the recent Sino-Indian stand-off at the Depsang Valley in eastern ...

Welcome to our special program on the Year of Faith, THE FAITHFUL WITNESS, a series on the lives of Inspiring People and Witnesses of faith in the Catholic Church from around the world. These are people who lived their ordinary lives in ...

TOP TALKER WSJ lead story, Higher-Ups Knew of IRS Case: Hearing Shows Obama Administration Officials Were Told in June 2012 of Probe Into Tea-Party Targeting, by John D. McKinnon, Siobhan Hughes and Damian Paletta: The Internal Revenue Service's ...