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From AP News  |  2009-07-04 05:55:15
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From Reuters US Online Report World News  |  2009-07-04 08:12:37

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday he was "deeply disappointed" that military-ruled Myanmar's top general had rejected his request to meet with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Ban, who was made to wait overnight for the decision, said he pressed junta supremo Than Shwe but was told that Suu Kyi was on ...

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From AFP Global Edition  |  2009-07-04 08:00:22

North Korea test-fired five ballistic missiles, South Korean officials said, in an apparent message of defiance to the United States on the eve of its Independence Day holiday. The launches off its east coast further fuelled regional tensions after the communist state's nuclear test in May. They came as Washington seeks support for tough enforcement of United Nations sanctions ...

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From AFP Global Edition  |  2009-07-04 08:00:22

North Korea has test-fired four ballistic missiles, on the eve of US Independence Day celebrations, according to South Korean officials, further fuelling regional tensions amid its nuclear standoff. Seoul's foreign ministry said all four of the weapons launched into the Sea of Japan (East Sea) were ballistic missiles, which the North is banned from firing under UN Security Council ...

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