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UN's Ban denied Suu Kyi visit by Myanmar junta

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:18:50 +0000

Source: Reuters NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar, July 4 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday his request to meet detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been denied by the ruling junta's ...

Syria: Disclose Fate of Detainees

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:01:00 +0000

Source: Human Rights Watch (New York) - Syrian authorities should immediately make public the fate of all detainees at Sednaya prison, at least nine of whom are believed to have been killed when military police used lethal ...

North Korea raises stakes with new missile launch

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:41:18 +0000

Source: Reuters * North Korea test fires Scud missiles-report * South Korea confirms launch, does not confirm missile type * Fires third missile hours after first two * Analyst sees possible link to U.N. ...

FACTBOX-North Korea's missile arsenal

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:16:35 +0000

Source: Reuters (For full coverage of North Korea, click [ID:nSP525165]) SEOUL, July 4 (Reuters) - North Korea test-fired two Scud missiles on Saturday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said, stepping up its sabre- ...

North Korea fires Scud missiles-Yonhap

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:10:39 +0000

Source: Reuters (Adds details, backgrounds, changes sourcing and dateline) SEOUL, July 4 (Reuters) - North Korea test-fired two Scud-type missiles on Saturday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said citing a ...

RPT-North Korea fires short-range missiles-Japan media

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:03:56 +0000

Source: Reuters TOKYO, July 4 (Reuters) - North Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles, Japan's Kyodo and Jiji news agencies said on Saturday, quoting South Korea's Yonhap, stoking regional tensions after its ...

North Korea fires short-range missiles-Japan media

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:52:07 +0000

African leaders seek sanctions on Eritrea

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:46:25 +0000

Source: Reuters * African Union says Eritrea helping rebels in Somalia * AU summit drops resolution to boost peacekeepers * Third day of heavy fighting in northern Mogadishu (Releads with African Union ...

Americas economic leaders shore up crisis response

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:33:33 +0000

Source: Reuters (Recasts, adds quotes) By Rodrigo Martinez and Terry Wade VINA DEL MAR, Chile, July 3 (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the Americas and multilateral lenders sought to shore up responses to the ...

Two foreign aid workers kidnapped in Darfur

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:22:08 +0000

Source: Reuters (Adds confirmation from aid group, detail, background) By Andrew Heavens KHARTOUM, July 3 (Reuters) - Armed men seized two female aid workers, one Irish and one Ugandan, in Sudan's Darfur region ...