JournalGazette.net | The Journal Gazette | Fort Wayne, Ind.

March 21, 2010 1:42 pm

Htay Win, left, Nyo Nyo Win, front, and Mariam Ma learn pronouns during an English class with Rick Piatt, a volunteer with The Reclamation Project. The local organization teaches English to non-English speakers.

Cathie Rowand | The Journal Gazette

Police, 911 tongue-tied in Burmese community

Dawn McGahen doesn't remember taking calls from Burmese-speaking people when she was hired as a Fort Wayne police dispatcher in 1995. Dispatchers now take dozens of these calls each year. [More]

TOP HEADLINES

American released from Myanmar returns to U.S. soil- Myanmar5:38 am Saturday
CHANTILLY, Va. A pro-democracy activist jailed for months in Myanmar after trying to visit his sick mother in prison arrived home in the United States on Friday, capping weeks of discussions between the ruling military junta and the U.S. State Department.
Myanmar credits U.S. ties for freeing American- Myanmar4:10 am Friday
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's ruling military junta decided to release a naturalized American citizen from prison because of its friendship with the U.S. government, state media said today.
Junta frees Myanmar-American to deport him - Myanmar5:15 am Thursday
YANGON, Myanmar A Myanmar-born U.S. citizen who was serving a three-year prison sentence for subversion is set to be deported.

Language one barrier for census- Frank Gray March 16, 2010
Henry extends hand to Burmese- Local March 16, 2010
Burmese demand action on prejudice- Local March 15, 2010
Verbatim: Fort Wayne mayor invites Burmese to meet with him- The Scoop March 15, 2010
Myanmar refugees face grim future in Bangladesh - Myanmar March 13, 2010
U.S. suggests engagement with Myanmar is failing - Myanmar March 12, 2010
Law bars Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi from voting- Myanmar March 11, 2010
Law bars Suu Kyi from elections- Myanmar March 10, 2010
Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from election- Myanmar March 9, 2010