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Yettaw Actions in Myanmar |
 (CNN) -- An American sentenced to seven years hard labor in Myanmar after he sneaked into the home of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, arrived in Thailand on Sunday with the U.S. senator who secured his release.
John William Yettaw was taken to hospital in Bangkok shortly after arriving aboard a military aircraft with Sen. Jim Webb.
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FDA Visits Mexico Farms Tainted Tomatoes |
There might be a break in the salmonella case -- or not.
Food and Drug Administration inspectors headed for farms in Florida and Mexico on Friday as new clues emerged to the...
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Coca Cultivation Rises In Colombia, U.N. Says |
BOGOTA, Colombia, June 18 -- The amount of land devoted to production of coca, the leaf used to make cocaine, has grown at a dramatic pace in Colombia despite a huge American-funded... |
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Picasso Prints Stolen From Brazil Museum |
SÃO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Three heavily armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from an art museum in downtown São Paulo on Thursday, the city's second high profile art theft... |
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Madagascar: New Eco-Deals Protect Unique Forests |
Madagascar has signed a series of environment agreements to protect unique forests and support local communities as part of a commitment by the government to ramp up environmental protection on the Indian Ocean island.
In its largest ever debt-for-nature swap, Madagascar signed a deal with France this month, in which US$20 million of debt owed to the former colonial power was put into a conservation fund, the Foundation for Protected Areas and Biodiversity (FPAB).
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