US activist ‘thrilled’ at Myanmar release: fiancee (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A US rights activist freed in Myanmar is “thrilled” to be returning home but will need a medical check-up, his fiancee said Thursday after speaking to him.
Obama scraps Indonesia-Australia trip for healthcare (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama on Thursday scrapped his trip to Indonesia and Australia scheduled for next week to focus on the final push for a U.S. healthcare overhaul, the White House said.
Myanmar deports jailed Burmese-American activist (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Army-ruled Myanmar deported a Burmese-American activist on Thursday after sentencing him last month to three years in prison for forgery and immigration offenses.
Obama ditches Indonesia, Australia trip over health care (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US President Barack Obama Thursday dramatically postponed his trip to Indonesia and Australia until June as he wages a vote-by-vote struggle to drive his health reform bill through Congress.
Myanmar releases jailed US activist: officials (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Military-ruled Myanmar on Thursday released a US rights activist jailed for fraud and forgery in a rare show of leniency from the junta ahead of elections this year.
Malaysia’s Genting opens Southeast Asia’s first Universal Studios park in Singapore (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
SINGAPORE – Southeast Asia’s first Universal Studios theme park opened Thursday in Singapore as the city-state vies to become a top regional tourist destination.
Gaza Rocket Attack Into Israel Kills a Thai Worker (New York Times)
A foreign agricultural worker was the first fatality from Gaza rocket fire since Israel s 2009 military offensive.
Myanmar deports jailed Burmese-American activist (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Army-ruled Myanmar deported a Burmese-American activist on Thursday after sentencing him last month to three years in prison for forgery and immigration offences.
Man sought in E. Idaho slaying nabbed in Cambodia (AP via Yahoo! News)
Authorities in Idaho say a man suspected of killing his mother there earlier this month has been apprehended in Cambodia.
Junta frees Myanmar-American, deports him (AP via Yahoo! News)
A U.S. citizen accused of subversion was released from prison in his native Myanmar and deported Thursday after serving part of a three-year prison sentence.
Obama’s Jakarta home district sees shift in Islam (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Some things in the central Jakarta district of Matraman have barely changed since the late 1960s, when United States President Barack Obama lived and played there.
Laos’ Nam Theun 2 starts exporting electricity to Thailand (EARTHtimes.org)
Vientiane, Laos – Laos’ largest hydroelectric plant – the Nam Theun 2 – has begun exporting electricity to neighbouring Thailand, media reports said Thursday. …
Obama’s (now delayed) trip to Indonesia: Can he make it an ally? (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
In this post-9/11 age, an American leader can hardly ignore a country with the highest Muslim population in the world. The global nature of militant Islam requires the US to build bridges to moderate Muslims. And Indonesia, a mainly Islamic nation of 240 million people that combats terrorists, is one place for such a bridge.
