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Relief effort poses problems for Burmese junta
BURMA : Unprecedented engagement with the world
community could bring change, writes
Amy Kazmin p
Scottish Labour does U-turn on independence poll
BRITAIN: AN APPARENT about-turn by the Scottish Labour Party on a referendum on independence is being seen in Holyrood and at Westminster as a fresh dimension to the Labour Party's crisis of confidence over the leadership of prime minister Gordon Brown. p
Record turnout for key Democratic primaries
UNITED STATES: VOTERS in Indiana and North Carolina turned out in record numbers yesterday for the biggest remaining primaries in the Democratic presidential race. p
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Delivering aid will be far from easy
BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS has left a humanitarian disaster in its wake that could prove even harder to cope with than the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004, aid workers said yesterday. pIrish relief effort to airlift stock of supplies from Italian depot
BURMA: EMERGENCY AID provided by the Government will be airlifted to Burma and members of the Irish Rapid Response Corps may also be dispatched to the crisis zone, Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern said yesterday. pGlobal warming may be to blame for increase in tropical cyclones
BURMA: TROPICAL CYCLONES of the type which killed
more than 15,000 people in Burma cause large-scale devastation and
loss of life, often in countries least able to cope. pGuantánamo man captivates with tales of injustice
UNITED STATES : Murat Kurnaz tells
Mary Fitzgerald , Foreign Affairs Correspondent,
why Guantánamo has to be exposed but can't simply be shut
down. pPutin steps aside, but he is not going away
RUSSIA : Putin increased prime-ministerial powers
prior to handing over to Medvedev, writes
Neil Buckley in Moscow. pEU hopes offer of visa-free travel will sway Serbians
SERBIA: SEVENTEEN EUROPEAN states have offered visa-free travel to Serbians just days before they vote in a general election, which opinion polls suggest will be won by pro-Russian ultra-nationalists who want to freeze ties with Brussels. pChinese leader hopes to boost ties with Japan
CHINA: CHINESE PRESIDENT Hu Jintao arrived in Tokyo yesterday on a historic mission to bring what he called a "warm spring of friendship" to a bilateral relationship battered by rows over history, territory and trade. p$2 billion renovation to transform UN headquarters
UN : Over five years the landmark UN building will
be gutted and rebuilt in a greener and more efficient manner,
writes
Maggie Farley in New York. pIn Short
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