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Update: Burma’s Suu Kyi Released From House Arrest
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Yangon, Myanmar (AHN) – Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been on house arrest for nearly two decades, has been released in Burma. The military government, after years of international pressure, has allowed the Nobel Peace Laureate to leave her confinement and greet her followers in [...]
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Update: Pentagon Still In The Dark Over Missile Vapor Trail
Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The Pentagon on Tuesday denied any Department of Defense or other U.S. agencies involvement in a mystery sighting reported by a KCBS News helicopter claiming to have captured a footage on what it describes as a vapor trail of a missile rising from [...]
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Update: French Parliament Passes Pension Reform Plan
AHN News Staff Paris, France (AHN) – Despite weeks of strikes and protests across the nation, French lawmakers on Wednesday passed President Nicolas Sarkozy’s fiercely-contested pension reforms in the National Assembly. The law will increase the minimum retirement age to 62 years old. According to a presidential advisor, Sarkozy will publish the law in an [...]
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Update: Caprio denies asking for Obama nod / video
By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Frank T. Caprio, the Democratic nominee for governor, denies asking for President Obama’s endorsement weeks ago, despite assertions to the contrary by White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod on MSNBC on Tuesday morning. Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Rundown with Chuck Todd” on the day after Caprio said the president [...]
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Punch Taverns Full Year Loss Narrows – Update
Pub operator Punch Taverns Plc Tuesday reported a narrower loss for fiscal 2010, helped by lower items, despite a decline in revenues. View full post on All Stories