David Rising, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Relatives of the victims of a mass killing attack gather for a Buddhist ceremony in front of the Young Children’s Development Center in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, northeastern Thailand, Sunday.

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Families leave offerings for slain children

by Tassanee Vejpongsa Associated Press, and David Rising Associated PressOctober 9, 2022

UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand — Families offered flowers and dolls, popcorn and juice boxes to children massacred at a day care center in Thailand, part of a Buddhist ceremony held Sunday just paces from where the slaughter began that was meant to guide the…

Seksan Sriraj, 28, grieves during a ceremony for those killed in the attack on the Young Children's Development Center in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, north eastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Seksan lost his pregnant wife who was a teacher at the day care center when it was attacked by a former policeman Thursday. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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Thailand mourns children, others slain by ex-police officer

by Tassanee Vejpongsa Associated Press, and David Rising Associated PressOctober 7, 2022

In this image taken from video, a distraught woman is comforted outside the site of an attack at a daycare center, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in the town of Nongbua Lamphu, north eastern Thailand. More than 30 people, primarily children, were killed Thursday when a gunman opened fire in the childcare center authorities said. (Mungkorn Sriboonreung Rescue Group via AP)

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Ex-cop shoots up day care center in Thailand, kills 36

by Tassanee Vejpongsa Associated Press, and David Rising Associated PressOctober 6, 2022

FILE - Phyo Zeya Thaw arrives at the Myanmar parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Aug. 19, 2015. Myanmar has carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years. Phyo Zeya Thaw, a 41-year-old former lawmaker from ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party also known as Maung Kyaw, was convicted in January by a closed military court of offenses involving explosives, bombings and financing terrorism. (AP Photo, File)

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Myanmar executes political prisoners, ex-lawmaker

by David Rising Associated PressJuly 25, 2022

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson, right, poses with journalist Danny Fenster in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday.

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US journalist jailed in Myanmar is freed

by Grant Peck Associated Press, and David Rising Associated PressNovember 15, 2021

A woman, right, is embraced by. a loved-one after arriving on a flight from Los Angeles at Sydney Airport as Australia open its borders for the first time in 19 months in Sydney, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. International travel will be initially restricted to Sydney's airport because New South Wales has the highest vaccination rate of any state. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

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Australia, Thailand reopen borders

by Rod McGuirk Associated Press, and David Rising Associated PressNovember 1, 2021

British, Japanese and Canadian warships patrol in the Pacific Ocean this month.

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US’s Indo-Pacific moves irk China

by David Rising Associated PressSeptember 23, 2021

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001 file photo, the Statue of Liberty stands in front of a smoldering lower Manhattan at dawn, seen from Jersey City, N.J. The Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States nearly 20 years ago precipitated profound changes in America and the world. (AP Photo/Dan Loh, File)

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From 9/11’s ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.

by Calvin Woodward Associated Press, Ellen Knickmeyer Associated Press, and David Rising Associated PressSeptember 10, 2021

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, people reach out for a glass of beer during the opening of the 186th 'Oktoberfest' beer festival in Munich, Germany. Bavarian officials have announced Monday May 3, 2021, they have canceled Oktoberfest festivities for the second year in a row due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus global pandemic. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, FILE)

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Germany cancels Oktoberfest for 2nd year

by David Rising Associated PressMay 3, 2021

A view of the block of apartments from where British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007, in Praia da Luz, in Portugal's Algarve coast, Thursday, June 4, 2020. German police have identified a 43-year-old imprisoned German citizen as a suspect in the 2007 disappearance in Praia da Luz of British girl Madeleine McCann. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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Police believe missing girl dead

by Helena Alves Associated Press, Danica Kirka Associated Press, and David Rising Associated PressJune 4, 2020