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UN’s Ban ends Myanmar trip empty-handed (AFP)

Written by on Saturday, July 4th, 2009 in 269493.

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visiting the village of Kyondah in the Delta of Myanmar to see the progress of reconstruction from last year's devastating cyclone which killed over 130,000 people. Ban headed home empty-handed from a trip to Myanmar after the ruling junta brazenly snubbed his attempts to visit pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.(AFP/UN/Ho/Mark Garten)AFP – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon headed home empty-handed from a trip to Myanmar after the ruling junta brazenly snubbed his attempts to visit pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Obama marks D-Day’s solemn 65th anniversary (AP)

Written by on Saturday, June 6th, 2009 in 269493.

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U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy participate in a bilateral meeting at the Prefecture in Caen, France Saturday, June 6, 2009. Obama and his French counterpart stood united Saturday in efforts to thwart Iran's disputed nuclear ambitions and bring about a Mideast peace that provides for separate Israeli and Palestinian states.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP – On the 65th anniversary of the Allies’ D-Day landings, President Barack Obama on Saturday paid tribute to the invasion that turned the tide of World War II and cemented the trans-Atlantic alliance.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back


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