By Grant Peck / The Associated Press BANGKOK - Protests in Myanmar over persistent power shortages have provided a test of how the country's elected but military-backed government will respond to rising expectations sparked by the past year's democratic reforms. Small demonstrations over the past week in Myanmar's two largest cities and several towns could be seen as an indicator of the new openness under

Related Media: Polyglot South Hills is home to many of Pittsburgh's new immigrants The Next Page / At home in Pittsburgh: Three immigrant stories By Christine H. O'Toole / PittsburghTODAY BlackBerry in hand, Tek Rimal counts the minutes as he rides the bus from his job at BNY Mellon to his Bellevue apartment.

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The National Budget frame work paper for the 2012/13 fiscal years is centred on improving the delivery of social services, especially under the education, health and water sectors to ensure that quality human resources are developed and engaged in the economy. But as demand for quality human resource hits fever high across the country, expectations of salary increase is not forthcoming according to the 2012-13 fiscal budget.

Today at 10:02 Peter Popham casts his eye over the state of the Euro 2012 co-host ahead of the tournament, while Abigail Wilson asks locals how they expect their nation - and their lives - to change following the competition. Read the story here

Special Correspondent A 28-year-old man, said to be with criminal antecedents, was hacked to death by six persons in the Jnana Bharathi police station limits on Saturday night. The police gave the name of the dead as Srinivas, a resident of Pattegarpalya, off Vijayanagar. Srinivas was assaulted near Nagarabavi BDA Complex.

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (Reuters) - A wildfire burned out of control for a fourth day in the steep mountains of southwestern New Mexico on Saturday, one of several blazes that have consumed more than 200 square miles (520 square km) of rugged land in six US states. Efforts to contain the blazes spreading in sparsely populated areas of Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah have been hurt by gusting winds and tinder-dry late-spring conditions.

Video: Shaun's final goodbye The family of a Melbourne boy whose farewell video attracted more than two million views online says his message will be remembered. Shaun Wilson-Miller meant to say goodbye to his family and friends, but his video message has touched many people. The 17-year-old died yesterday afternoon, after his body rejected a second heart transplant. He had congenital heart disease.

(Game time) 2012 '11 vs OPP CAREER LAST 3 STARTS LINE W-L ERA *REC W-L ERA vs OPP W-L IP ERA *AHW Yankees Kuroda (R) 6 1/2-7 1/2 3-6 4.56 3-6 - - 0-1 1-2 17.1 6.23 15.1 Athletics Milone (L) (4:05pm) 6-3 3.75 6-3 - - 0-0 2-1 21.0 2.57 9.4 Padres Volquez (R) (1:10pm) 2-4 3.49 4-6 0-1 3.86 0-2 1-2 17.0 4.76 14.8 Mets Dickey (R) 6-7 6-1 3.45 7-2 0-1 4.38 0-1 2-0 19.0 2.84 9.9 Giants Cain (R) (1:10pm) 4-2 2.94 6-3 0-2 4.50 3-3 3-0 19.0 4.26 11.8

Staff Reporter Rich tributes were paid to industrialist Chukkapalli Pitchaiah who passed away on Thursday, here on Saturday. Who's who of city and leaders cutting across political affiliations paid floral tributes to body placed at Popular Shoe Mart office.