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These conditions are perfect for flying, yet both Pietro and his co-pilot Dario Garcia, 32, stay busy. As Pietro climbs over the snowy streets of Cleveland, Garcia monitors the instrument panel to make sure the helicopter's engines don't overload. Next Garcia uses the radio to warn two local airport towers, two hospitals and all the planes in the area that his bright yellow helicopter is about to traipse directly across their dedicated flight paths...
...rescued Rohingya in India and Indonesia are likely to be "repatriated" to Bangladesh - a return to Burma would spell arrest and far worse. The Rohingya's lot in Burma is dire, says Sean Garcia, a consultant for the Washington-based Refugees International. "They are not allowed to survive," he says. Denied state documents, the Rohingya have to apply for permission to move from village to village, to repair a mosque, even to get married. Rohingya frequently fall victim to forced-labor drives by the military. The Burmese government, say Rohingya rights-groups, sees them as interlopers in the predominantly Buddhist...
...next regional ASEAN Summit, which will take place at the end of February in Thailand. By then, observers hope the Thai government will employ different methods in tackling the problem. "Governments in the region need to put together a proactive plan to meet the needs of the Rohingya," says Garcia. "You can't literally make these people go away, as if they were less than human." But for thousands of Rohingya refugees, that is a fate to which they are all too accustomed...
...while keeping its head of steam from Season 4. Lost has a pulp streak--the premiere doesn't just use but also conspicuously repeats the line "God help us all!"--yet it's leavened by humor and performances that ground the bizarre events in a plausible humanity. (Especially Jorge Garcia as sweet, afflicted Hurley, the world's unluckiest lottery winner...
...Rick Garcia, director of public policy for Equality Illinois, on who should replace Obama in the Senate, Chicago Sun-Times...