ASIA/MYANMAR - Archbishop Bo: "Communicating mercy means listening to our people"

Edit Topix 15 Jun 2016
"We need to listen to our people in Myanmar ... Listening is the first task of communication ... said the Archbishop of Yangon, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, during the Mass celebrated on June 12 on the occasion of the Day for communication, which was attended by the Catholic Bishops, religious superiors and all persons engaged in the various Burmese dioceses in the communications field ... ....

Democratic Voice of Burma: Three dead in Pegu helicopter crash

Edit Topix 15 Jun 2016
Three airmen were killed when a Burmese Air Force helicopter crashed in the Pegu Division town of Daik-U on Tuesday, the military has confirmed. The MI-2 helicopter crashed under heavy weather after it took off from the Meikhtila Air Base in Mandalay in the morning ... ....

BWI demands the release of Myanmar Veneer workers (BWI - Building and Wood Worker's International)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Jun 2016
(Source. BWI - Building and Wood Worker's International). On Thursday 19 May, 51 Burmese workers from a wood processing factory were arrested on charges of unlawful assembly and causing public disorder after police prevented them from marching in the Takton township, outside Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw ... Workers were dismayed at the refusal of their employer to bargain with them ... (noodl. 34102129) ....

Gregory Rabassa, translator of Latin American authors, dies

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 15 Jun 2016
NEW YORKGregory Rabassa, a translator of worldwide influence and esteem who helped introduce Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julio Cortazar and other Latin American authors to millions of English-language readers, has died ... Fitting for the future translator, he served as a cryptographer during World War II, later joking that in deciphering secret messages it was his job to change English into English....

Immigration could overwhelm Britain, says pro-Brexit minister

Edit The Guardian 15 Jun 2016
A leading Brexit minister has claimed that immigration could “overwhelm” Britain, arguing that her constituents complain about not hearing English spoken when they walk down the high street ... “If you come here and you don’t speak English, and you don’t know the customs and you don’t know where to live and you don’t have a job – It’s really difficult for everybody....

Bilingual board books in English and Spanish; perfecto para niños bilingües

Edit The Examiner 15 Jun 2016
Each page tells the story in English with the Spanish translation below it ... It's a counting book with bright colors and counting phrases in English and Spanish. The number 1 is "One blue house" in English and "Una casa azul" in Spanish ... (Whether you read it to your small child in English or Spanish, he or she will enjoy the artwork and the colors. (Lil' Libros, 2014) ... ....

Aidan Smith: Russia not fit to host 2018 World Cup

Edit Scotsman 15 Jun 2016
“The lads defended the honour of their country and did not let the English fans desecrate our motherland ... In his city they left calling cards boasting “RIP English hooligans” ... Yesterday, trying to return the debate to football and pointing out the Euros weren't a “street-fighting championship”, Russian striker Artem Dzyuba challenged what he saw as the English media's one-sided view of the violence....

'Narcos' season 2 to premiere on September 2

Edit The Times of India 15 Jun 2016
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Euro 2016: New fan clashes feared ahead of high-risk games

Edit The Times of India 15 Jun 2016
French authorities were on high alert for fresh violence Wednesday when Russian and English supporters come up against each other again ahead of high-risk Euro 2016 games. Some 65,000 English, Welsh and Russian supporters are expected to flood into the northern city of Lille and neighbouring Lens, creating a security headache ... "If the English are brave enough to come, we'll crush them. We hate the English."....

Football: New fan clashes feared at Euro 2016

Edit The Times of India 15 Jun 2016
French authorities were on high alert for fresh violence Wednesday when Russian and English supporters come up against each other again ahead of high-risk Euro 2016 games. Some 65,000 English, Welsh and Russian supporters are expected to flood into the northern city of Lille and neighbouring Lens, creating a security headache ... "If the English are brave enough to come, we'll crush them. We hate the English."....

Aston Villa confirm sale of club to Chinese magnate

Edit Indian Express 15 Jun 2016
Aston Villa bought by Chinese businessman Xia Jiantong. Aston Villa have been sold to Recon Group, owned by Chinese businessman Xia Jiantong, the English Championship (second tier) club announced on Tuesday. Xia, the first mainland Chinese to fully own an English team has taken over the Midlands outfit from American Randy Lerner in a deal approved by the Football League ... ....

EPA disparages farmers, hinders progress, Farm Bureau tells Congress (Utah Farm Bureau)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Jun 2016
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau President Richard Ebert, former Ohio Farm Bureau President Terry McClure and Florida Farm Bureau member Kate English testified before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry ... English warned that federal regulations have become unworkably complex ... English singled out the EPA's controversial Waters of the United States rule as an example of bad science....

English and Russian football fans clash again despite disqualification warnings from UEFA

Edit Business Insider 15 Jun 2016
A small group of Russian and English fans briefly scuffled in Lille in the early hours of Wednesday (June 15) ... The brief skirmish between the Russian and English fans was broken up by police....
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