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BURMA
Junta leader rejects UN chief’s request to see Suu Kyi
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) said he was "deeply disappointed" after his request to meet detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was denied by the ruling junta’s top general, Than Shwe (at right).
BURMA
Junta leader stalls on UN chief’s request to see Suu Kyi
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has attended a rare meeting with Than Shwe, Burma’s reclusive military leader, but received no definite answer to his request to see detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
BURMA
UN chief meets junta leader to seek release of political prisoners
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon held talks with the chief of Burma's military junta, General Than Shwe (pictured), at the start of a two-day trip to the country to press for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners.
UNITED NATIONS
Ban Ki-moon urges Burma to release political prisoners
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Burma to free all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's jailed democracy leader. Ban is set to arrive in the military-ruled nation on Friday for a two-day visit.
DIPLOMACY
Iran's election is a diplomatic dilemma for the world community
UN chief Ban Ki-moon’s cautious reaction to the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has underlined a crucial question: What can the international community do to respond to the crisis in Iran? France 24 correspondents report.
PAKISTAN
Ban Ki-moon condemns 'terrorist' attack on luxury Peshawar hotel
UN chief Ban Ki-moon condemned a car bomb attack on a hotel in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, calling it an act "which no cause can justify". Two UN employees, one from its refugee agency and another from UNICEF, were killed in the attack.
SRI LANKA
UN did not downplay civilian casualties, says Ban Ki-moon
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has categorically rejected allegations that his organisation deliberately underestimated the death toll from the recent fighting in Sri Lanka, where government forces ended a 30-year insurgency by the Tamil Tigers.
INFLUENZA A (H1N1)
Eighteen flu cases among US soldiers in Kuwait, says local offical
According to an official at the Kuwaiti ministry of health, 18 US soldiers at the American military base in Kuwait have been infected with influenza A (H1N1), marking Kuwait's first confirmed cases. The soldiers have now left the country.
SRI LANKA
UN chief demands aid access to displaced Tamil refugees
On a visit Saturday to a Sri Lankan camp housing 200,000 Tamils who fled clashes between the army and Tamil Tiger rebels, UN chief Ban Ki-moon (background) said he was "very moved" by the plight of the displaced, who lack adequate food and water.
SRI LANKA
UN chief visits Tamil refugees amid calls for national reconciliation
On Saturday, UN chief Ban Ki-moon (pictured) visited a camp housing some of the 300,000 Tamils who fled clashes between the army and Tamil Tiger rebels. Ban is expected to call for integrating the Tamil minority.
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