Pressure mounts on Myanmar to release Suu Kyi

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi should be out promoting democracy and not under house arrest when she celebrates her 60th birthday this Sunday, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has spent nine of the last 16 years behind bars or under house arrest for campaigning against the military junta that has ruled the southeast Asian nation since 1962.

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Developing states ask for more say in global economy

Developing countries appealed to rich nations to give them more of a say in economic decisions and said sharing wealth and technology was the best recipe for a fairer, more stable world. Representatives of 132 nations gathered in Qatar ratified the Doha Declaration urging the United Nations to decide concrete steps towards fairer trade and minimum help from industrialised countries at its general assembly in September.

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