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Politics In Myanmar Reverberate In Upstate NY

by David Chanatry, NPR
February 23, 2012

Several thousand residents of Utica, NY, are watching events in Myanmar with particular interest. They're Burmese Karens who came to upstate New York from refugee camps after waves of violence forced them out of their homeland.

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  • All Things Considered, February 23, 2012
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