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  • UN envoy to meet leader of Burma today

    BURMA: The UN special envoy seeking a resolution to the bloody crisis in Burma (Myanmar) is to meet the regime's top general today to deliver a tough message that the killings which left at least 13 protesters dead must stop. p

  • Yanukovich refuses to concede defeat in Ukrainian election

    Supporters of Ukraine's pro-Russian prime minister Viktor Yanukovich in Kiev yesterday. With 85 per cent of ballots counted, Mr Yanukovich's and his allies had 41.2 per cent of votes, against a combined 46.5 per cent for the Our Ukraine party. UKRAINE: Prime minister Viktor Yanukovich demanded a chance to form a new Ukrainian government yesterday, despite election results indicating that the leaders of the so-called Orange Revolution had enough support to oust him from office. p
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  • Bravado on tax cuts electrifies Tory conference

    BRITAIN: The Cameron leadership has boosted Conservative morale for the UK's electoral battle ahead with eye-catching commitments on inheritance tax and stamp duty in a down-payment on a promised return to a tax-cutting agenda. p

  • Safety of Irish troops key in Chad - Ahern

    US: Concerns for the safety of a proposed Irish deployment to Chad will be a major factor in deciding whether the mission gets the go-ahead, Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern has said. p

  • Insecurity destroys Darfur's last hopes for peace

    SUDAN: If peace ever comes to Sudan then the tiny villages spread through the hills and crags of northern Darfur have the most to gain. The children of settlements like En Siro have no school, its clinic has no medicine and its people live far beyond the reach of the aid agencies which provide a lifeline to millions elsewhere. p

  • Mbeki accused over suspension of prosecutor

    SOUTH AFRICA: Pressure is mounting on South African president Thabo Mbeki to explain why he suspended the country's chief prosecutor amid claims of "unconstitutional" political interference in the legal system. p

  • US tops list in global arms sales

    US: The United States has consolidated its position as the world's leading arms dealer to the developing world, followed by Russia and Britain, according to a new congressional report published in Washington yesterday. p

  • Voters in Ecuador back socialist reform

    ECUADOR: Voters in Ecuador appear to have backed an attempt to redesign the country along socialist lines, giving fresh impetus to the surge of Latin America's "pink tide". p

  • People power not enough to tackle ruling military

    BURMA: Burma's ruling military junta enjoys such an entrenched position that nothing short of a coup will unseat them, writes Bertil Lintner , in Chiang Mai, Thailand p

  • North and South Korea start peace talks

    NORTH KOREA: The two Koreas meet in Pyongyang today for the first time in seven years, writes Clifford Coonan p

  • I'm what Ahmadinejad said didn't exist - a gay Iranian

    IRAN: I wish Iran's president would respect gays, writes Amir in Tehran, but I'm not holding my breath and he can't change my existence p

  • Bhutto's demands stall hope of election deal

    PAKISTAN: Even though Pervez Musharraf's re-election as president looks increasingly like a foregone conclusion this Saturday, the army chief is running out of time to reach a deal with Benazir Bhutto, the self-exiled opposition leader and former prime minister, that might provide his unpopular regime with a broader political support base. p

  • Mao's ex-secretary calls for greater democracy

    CHINA: A former top cadre in China's ruling Communist Party has called for greater democracy to ensure stability, in a magazine article just two weeks before the president, Hu Jintao, opens the 17th party congress. p

  • MEPs want to protect personal data, and their expenses

    European Diary: Public accountability was the dominant theme in Strasbourg last week when MEPs debated the latest negotiations on the EU reform treaty. p

  • In short

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