Obama makes history with Myanmar Cambodia visits
President Barack Obama became the first U.S. leader to visit Myanmar and Cambodia in a single trip. He praised Myanmar’s transition to civilian rule and pressed Cambodia’s Hun Sen on human rights while signaling a wider regional reform agenda. He met with leaders, urged releases of political prisoners, and highlighted democracy’s benefits ahead of regional summits.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Barack Obama
Myanmar
Obama
Burma
U.S
University of Yangon
White House
Hun Sen
Thein Sein
Democ
Aung San Suu Kyi
Yoshihiko Noda
Japan
Obama education agenda hampered by budget and power clashes
Washington experts say Barack Obama's four year education push may tighten loose ends rather than enact broad reform. Sequestration threatens eight percent cuts across Education Department programs, with $13 billion in cuts to efforts addressing inequities and over $1 billion in special education funding reductions.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Congress
Obama
Education Department
White House
Office of Management and Budget
Unions mobilize money in state races across nation
Unions spent millions backing Democrats in governor and state legislative races from New Hampshire to California. They opposed right to work and fought ballot measures affecting bargaining rights while backing Barack Obama. The effort aimed to reverse losses since Wisconsin and expand labor influence nationwide.
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Washington
Maggie Hassan
New Hampshire
Hassan
California
Maine
Minnesota
Michigan
Gary Chaison
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Barack Obama
Wisconsin
Scott Walker
Walker
Karzai charges US detainee violations amid security talks
Afghan President Hamid Karzai accused U S forces of capturing and holding Afghans in breach of a detainee transfer pact as bilateral talks on a security agreement proceed. Spokesman said over 70 detainees remain in American custody despite Afghan court orders for release.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
U.S
Hamid Karzai
Karzai
Washington
State Department
Victoria Nuland
Aimal Faizi
US S
Parwan
Bagram Air Field
Vandal thieves loot Sierra Nevada petroglyphs
In Bishop California thieves using power tools hacked four 2 foot wide petroglyphs from lava cliffs on Volcanic Tableland in the Eastern Sierra. BLM archaeologist Greg Haverstock called it the worst vandalism on 750000 acres. One carving was defaced and another removed but broken, left near a visitor lot.
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Bishop
Calif
California
Sierra Nevada
Sierra
Los Angeles Times
Volcanic Tableland
Federal Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Greg Haverstock
Man Arrested After Monkey Death At Boise Zoo
Boise police arrest 22 year old Michael J. Watkins of Weiser Idaho on felony burglary and grand theft charges after a patas monkey dies from blunt force trauma at the Boise zoo. A hat matching Watkins’s night clothing aided the tip that led to his arrest. Zoo officials and Crime Stoppers seek answers with up to $1000 reward.
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Boise
Idaho
Boise Zoo
Michael J. Watkins
Weiser
Washington County
Watkins
Michael Masterson
Zoo
Steve Burns
New Marine squadron forms to fly F-35B Lightning II
The Marine Corps forms its first squadron for the F-35B Lightning II with two veteran pilots from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. The unit, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, debuts at a ceremony in Yuma Arizona as 15 more jets arrive over the next year. The Defense Department has invested about 500 million dollars to upgrade base facilities, hangars, and runways for the supersonic fighter.
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San Diego
Marine Corps
3Rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Marine
Defense Department
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