Risky rescue missions complicate U S diplomacy
The article examines how high-profile rescue efforts in North Korea and Myanmar can advance hostages' freedom while creating diplomatic friction for the Obama administration. It weighs benefits of unofficial diplomacy against risks of legitimizing regimes, with注 insights from Bolton, Flanagan, and Webb's Myanmar visit.
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U.S
Lolita C. Baldor
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
North Korea
Myanmar
Jim Webb
Virginia
Bill Clinton
Pyongyang
Barack Obama
Clinton
Webb
Obama
John Bolton
United Nations
Bolton
Washington
White House
Flanagan
Kim Jong Il
Area Deaths Highlight Local Obituaries Across Central PA
Robert W. Morrison 84 of Clearfield died Aug 15 at his daughter’s home in East Waterford. Barbara Kay Hutton 61 of Philipsburg died Aug 16 at home. Charles E. Sinclair 79 of Punxsutawney and Coalport died Aug 16 at Mulberry Square in Punxsutawney. Funeral services, dates, and prelim arrangements listed with local funeral homes.
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Robert W. Morrison
Clearfield
Pauline Zook
East Waterford
Bennett and Houser Funeral Home Inc
Barbara K. Hutton
Philipsburg
Barbara Kay Hutton
David K. Dahlgren
Charles E. Sinclair
Punxsutawney
Coalport
Mulberry Square
Coalport RD
George H
Clara A. (Weakland) Sinclair
St. Basil Catholic Church
Janice Rosenthal
Bob
Woodbridge
Robert
Peg
Delbert
Louise
Grantville
Mary Geiger
George “Dick
Sinclair
Elizabeth
Elinor Moser
Francis Eugene
Matthew
Zach Amar
Gibbons
George Franchock of Glen Hope to be honored Sept 5
Family and friends announce a military service for George Franchock of Glen Hope who died April 19, 2009. The Osceola Mills Honor Guard will lead the service at 11 a.m. September 5 at the Glen Hope intersection of Route 729 and SR 53, with a picnic lunch at Glen Hope Community Park to follow. RSVP to June Franchock by August 24, 2009.
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George Franchock
Glen Hope
George
Osceola Mills
Foundations' money sparks Pittsburgh's recovery
A wave of philanthropy reshapes Pittsburgh, turning the 803 Liberty Avenue area into a cultural district and driving a $4.8 billion downtown investment surge. Foundations from Carnegie to Mellon funded arts venues, green designs, and the Pittsburgh Promise scholarship, helping cut unemployment and attract business while preserving the city’s historic districts.
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Ramit Plushnick-Masti
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Heinz History Center
Heinz Endowments
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Grant Oliphant
Pittsburgh Foundation
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Michael Benedum
H.J. Heinz
Teresa Heinz
Heinz Family Philanthropies
Sen
John Heinz
Heinz
Stern
Grable Foundation
Bobby Vagt
Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon dies at 64
Kenneth Bacon, former Pentagon spokesman and longtime refugee advocate, died Saturday of skin cancer that spread to his brain at his Block Island home. He led Refugees International since 2001 and had shaped U S policy on displaced people from Darfur to Iraq. Survivors include his wife Darcy Wheeler Bacon and two daughters.
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Washington
Kenneth Bacon
Pentagon
Clinton
Block Island
R.I
Refugees International
Bacon
Ken
Department of Defense
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Wall Street Journal
U.S
NATO
Kosovo
Sudan
Darfur
Iraq
Afghanistan
Democratic Republic of Congo
Colombia
Thailand
Myanmar
Burma
Joel Charny
Bronxville, N.Y
Amherst College
Columbia University
Darcy Wheeler Bacon
Katharine Bacon
Brookline
Mass
Sarah Bacon
Brooklyn
N.Y
Theodore S. Bacon
Peterborough
N.H
Free with a price tag lessons from a free dresser
A writer recalls discovering a free child sized solid wood dresser wardrobe combo. Though marketed as free, hidden costs emerge as maintenance repairs and time. The piece proves valuable despite expenses, illustrating that free items often carry price tags in disguise.
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Mary Hunt
Mary
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