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BBC News
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UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari has described as "extremely disturbing" new arrests in Burma, calling on the ruling junta to stop detaining democracy activists.
Several prominent Burmese student leaders were arrested over the weekend.
Mr Gambari said the d..
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USA Today
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A U.N. envoy met with Burma's top leader and his deputies Tuesday in a bid to end the country's political crisis, as the junta's foreign minister defended a deadly crackdown on democracy advocates that provoked global revulsion.
Ibrahim Gambari, the U...
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BBC News
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Tony Blair is heading to the Middle East for the first time as special envoy for the region, trying to build foundations for a Palestinian state.
The former prime minister will visit Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian town of Ramallah in the West Bank...
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BBC News
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The US envoy to Zimbabwe has said he believes opposition to President Robert Mugabe has reached a turning point.
Ambassador Christopher Dell said Zimbabweans were "losing their fear" despite the violence carried out against them by the security forces...
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USA Today
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By Mari Yamaguchi, AP writerBEIJING Talks on North Korea's nuclear program stalled again Tuesday with Pyongyang refusing to take part until US$25 million (euro19 million) frozen in a Macau bank is released, Japan's chief envoy said.
Kenichiro Sasae..
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Ynet News
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After countless declarations of peaceful intentions of nuclear plan, Iran's chief nuclear envoy confirms fears by saying if county is threatened, situation may change..
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MSNBC
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U.S. envoy Jendayi Frazer said Wednesday the violence in Kenya's Rift Valley was "clear ethnic cleansing," aimed at chasing out President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu people.
Kenya has been convulsed in violence following a disputed re-election of Kibaki in De..
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BBC News
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A UN human rights envoy has visited prominent political activists held at Burma's notorious Insein jail before departing the military-ruled nation.
Paulo Sergio Pinheiro said the detainees included Labour activist Su Su Nway, who was arrested on Tuesda..
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SF Gate
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Struggling against Burma's stubborn generals and neighboring nations skeptical of sanctions, a U.N. envoy returned to the region Sunday to push for negotiations between the military junta and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Ibrahim Gambari, once fo..
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CNN
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U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari said Monday that recent reports of dissidents arrested in Myanmar were "extremely disturbing" and called on the country's military junta to immediately halt its crackdown. "It runs counter to the spirit of mutual engagement betw..
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BBC News
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UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari has met detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for a second time, hours after talks with military rulers.
The meeting took place on Mr Gambari's return from the new capital, Naypyidaw, where he conveyed to..
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Telegraph
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The United Nations special envoy to Burma has met the opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon, but was snubbed by the leader of the junta that crushed democracy protests last week.
Ibrahim Gambari, a former Nigerian foreign minister, arrived in the..
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MSNBC
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Among 10 people the junta says were killed, the death of a Japanese video journalist, Kenji Nagai, 50, shot dead when troops opened fire on a crowd of chanting protesters, has added to the international outrage.
A Japanese envoy has arrived to ensure a..
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USA Today
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A U.N. envoy hoped to meet Burma's top two military leaders Monday to persuade them to ease a violent crackdown on anti-government protesters, a day after the junta unexpectedly allowed him to meet detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Authoriti..
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BBC News
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The Palestinian Hamas movement has criticised the appointment of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair as an international Middle East peace envoy.
The Islamist militants, now in control of Gaza, said Mr Blair had not been honest or helpful while prime m..
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BBC News
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US envoy Christopher Hill has flown to North Korea amid speculation that international talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programme could restart soon.
The US state department said Mr Hill - the highest-ranking American to visit North Korea for five years -..
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Reuters
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Any steps agreed on by North Korea at talks this week on ending its nuclear arms program should be carried out within three months, but the talks in Beijing won't resolve everything, U.S. envoy Christopher Hill said on Tuesday...
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tvnz.co.nz
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A UN envoy urged the Security Council on Tuesday to call for an immediate halt in the fighting in Somalia or risk a broader conflict and greater instability in the chaotic Horn of Africa nation...
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