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DIPLOMATIC DIALOGUE SEEN KEY TO FREE SUU KYI
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UN sets
talks with Myanmar’s junta
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YANGON: UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in military-ruled
Myanmar Friday to pave the way for a visit by the world body’s
secretary-general focused on the trial of democracy leader Aung San
Suu Kyi.
During his two-day trip, Gambari
is set to meet senior figures from the ruling junta, but there were
no immediate plans to see Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi or members
of her political party, Myanmar officials said.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Thai govt braces
for ‘Red Shirt’ protest
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BANGKOK: The Metropolitan Police
of the Thai capital will deploy 2,400 officers, with reinforcements
from outside Bangkok, to keep law and order Saturday when a major
anti-government group plans to hold mass protest...
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Tehran election
watchdog denies fraud
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TEHRAN: The spokesman of Iran’s
electoral watchdog, the Guardians Council, Abbasali Kadkhodai said
on Friday that there was no fraud in the June 12 presidential
election that saw Mahmoud Ahmadinejad win...
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Stonewall revolt
still fresh for gays who fought for their rights
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NEW YORK CITY: Forty years ago, a
New York City bar called the Stonewall Inn shot to global attention
when its gay clientele staged a revolt against police harassment,
launching the US homosexual rights movement.
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Court rejects
release of Khmer Rouge foreign chief
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Judges on
Friday rejected the former Khmer Rouge foreign minister’s appeal
for release from jail before his trial at Cambodia’s UN-backed war
crimes court.
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WORLD IN BRIEF
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BANGKOK: Thailand’s deputy
prime minister said Friday he would steer clear of a dispute over an
ancient temple on the Cambodian border when he meets the
neighbouring country’s leader this weekend.
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