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		<title>Karens in Minnesota</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marner Saw, left, and Saw Morrison discuss a decade of successes, challenges, and lessons learned from other Southeast Asian communities. By AKIKO TANAKA AAP contributing writer ST. PAUL (Jan. 11, 2011) — It has been more than 10 years since the first Karens from Burma arrived in Minnesota as refugees. The New Year celebration event for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karen National Union, Myanmar Government sign cease fire agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By SAW YAN NAING (Jan. 12, 2012) — After more than six decades of uninterrupted armed resistance to Burmese rule, the leaders of the Karen National Union, Burma&#8217;s oldest ethnic armed group, have signed a ceasefire agreement with the government. The historic agreement, the first since the KNU began its struggle for Karen autonomy shortly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aung San Suu Kyi greets Hilary Clinton</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visits Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at her house in Rangoon, Burma, on December 2, 2011. [State Department photo/ Public Domain] AAP staff report Rangoon, Burma (Dec. 2, 2011) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met one Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence in Rangoon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to western media</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rangoon, Burma (Dec. 2, 2011) —Burma’s recently freed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at her residence in Rangoon this week. She held a press conference with Clinton prior to their private dinner and her remarks were transcribed by the U.S. State Department. MS. KYI:  “(I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama updates status of relationship with Burma</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 04:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bali, Indonesia (Nov. 18, 2011) — The White House Office of the Press Secretary released the speech of President Barack Obama on the topic of Burma, given Friday at the Grand Hyatt in Bali. PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Throughout my administration &#8212; and throughout this trip &#8212; I&#8217;ve underscored America’s commitment to the Asia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Situation bad again for political prisoners in Myanmar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Nov. 8, 2011) – An independent United Nations human rights expert is voicing concern about the situation of political prisoners on hunger strike in Myanmar, and the health of Buddhist monk U Gambira in need of urgent medical care. Tomás Ojea Quintana, the Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, said reports if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burma health day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Healthcare for the Burmese and Karen Communities in Minnesota: A Community Conversation, will be held Sat., Oct. 29, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Rondo St. Paul Public Library, 461 North Dale St., St. Paul. Join in on a panel discussion to improve healthcare for newcomers from Burma. Coffee, refreshments, greeting from SiyadAbdullahi, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APIA coaching in the NBA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlotte, N.C. (June 14, 2011) – The spotlight on Asian American coaching in the National Basketball Association shifts from Erik Spoelstra – the first Filipino-American to be a head coach an NBA team – to Rich Cho, who was recently hired as General Manager of the Charlotte Bobcats. Spoelstra is the first Filipino-American to coach an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myanmar’s release of political prisoners insufficient, UN envoy says</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 18:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brussels (May 20, 2011) – The top United Nations envoy for Myanmar has told the Security Council that while the country has taken small steps in the right direction by releasing some political prisoners and reducing the sentences of others, the measures have been short of expectation and insufficient. Vijay Nambiar, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karen Marketplace opens</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Paul, Minn. (January 9, 2011) – A ribbon cutting and blessing ceremony for the opening of Karen Marketplace, a Karen-owned business at 1377 Arcade Street, near Wheelock Parkway in St. Paul. The co-owners, Piyanud &#8220;Aoh&#8221; Montgomery, and Karen businesswoman Kyi Kyi Lwin are pictured cutting the ceremonial ribbon, along with the seven monks of the [...]]]></description>
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