Obama feted on historic Myanmar visit
Huge crowds greeted Barack Obama in Myanmar
Monday on the first visit by a serving US President. This is a
high-stakes trip aimed at encouraging “flickers” of democratic
progress. In once unthinkable scenes, Obama's motorcade passed tens
of thousands of flag-waving supporters -- some chanting “America” --
lining the streets of Yangon, the backdrop for several bloody
crackdowns on pro-democracy uprisings.
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Ban calls on Israel, Palestinians to help truce efforts
UN leader Ban Ki-moon called on Israel and Hamas
to work with Egypt to reach a ceasefire in their mounting conflict.
Ban said in a statement he was heading for the region to support
ceasefire efforts but his office did not say whether he had left or
what his itinerary would be. The UN Secretary General said he was
“deeply saddened” by reports that up to 10 members of one
Palestinian family had died in one Israeli air strike on Gaza and
“alarmed” by the firing of rockets from Gaza into Israel.
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