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Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, smiles to her supporters as she leaves the headquarters of her National League for Democracy Monday, Nov. 15, 2010 in Yangon, Myanmar.

photo: AP / Khin Maung Win

Suu Kyi, Omar Bakri and the Politics of Human Rights
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Purely by the virtue of being a human being, it was wonderful to witness the recent release of Burmese pro-democracy leader Sung San Suu Kyi. This was not the case, though, for Omar Bakri Mohammad. Whereas Suu Kyi had been under house arrest for years, mainly due to her outspokenness and...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, meets with U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the the APEC summit in Yokohama, Japan, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010.

photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service

Obama confident on ratifying START treaty
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US President Barack Obama (R) and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev (... Graphic on the global stockpile of nuclear weapons. The Obama administratio... US President Barack Obama said he felt "reasonably good" about the chances of the Senate ratifying a major nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia this year. The Obama administration has been...

Ibrahim Gambari, U.N. undersecretary for general political affairs, briefs journalists on his recent visit to Myanmar and his meeting with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the United Nations, Wednesday, May 24, 2006, in New York. (kv1)

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Sudan tension 'could affect Darfur'
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The head of the joint UN-African Union mission (Unamid) in Sudan's western region of Darfur has warned that tensions on the borders between the country's north and south could spill over into the restive region. Ibrahim Gambari said on Sunday that Unamid and the United Nations Mission in Sudan (Unamis) have...

Mexican Red Cross rescuers check a damaged area of the Grand Riviera Princess Hotel in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Sunday Nov. 14, 2010. A powerful explosion believed to have been caused by an accumulation of gas killed six people, including four Canadian tourists, and injured 15, according to Quintana Roo state Attorney General Francisco Alor.

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Explosion kills seven at hotel in Mexico
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Mix of gases from nearby swamp believed to be cause of blast that killed five Canadian tourists and two Mexican employees Members of the Red Cross at the hotel on Mexico's Riviera Maya. Photograph: Reuters...

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gestures during her first press conference since her release from house arrest in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010.

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Suu Kyi calls for talks
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Yangon - Myanmar's democracy heroine Aung San Suu Kyi is vowing to press ahead in her decades-long fight for political liberty while also calling for compromise with other political parties and the ruling junta after taking her own first steps back to freedom. Suu Kyi, who was freed from house arrest on Saturday amid a divided political landscape...

Ricardo Jesuino, 22, picks cotton at a farm in Leme, 65 miles (150 kilometers) north of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday, April 28, 2004.

photo: AP / Alexandre Meneghini

Campaigners urge US and Europe to cut cotton subsidies
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By Mark Doyle BBC International Development Correspondent Fairtrade says that cutting subsidies would help West African farmers Continue reading the main story Related stories Food crisis hits developing world farms Misery in Mali's cotton-picking fields Timeline: World Trade Organization Campaigners working with West African farmers are calling on...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures while speaking during a press conference after a special EU summit at the EU Council building in Brussels, Thursday Sept. 17, 2009. The U.S. is set to face renewed pressure from the EU Thursday as the bloc's 27 leaders meet to draft a strategy to push President Barack Obama to agree on a cap on excessive executive and trader bonuses.

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Fillon reappointed as PM in Sarkozy cabinet reshuffle
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RUADH�N Mac CORMAIC in Paris FRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy reappointed Fran�ois Fillon as prime minister yesterday but reshuffled his cabinet in an attempt to position himself for re-election in 2012. After months of speculation and open lobbying between rivals for the prime minister's office, the president opted to retain the popular and...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pauses as he speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. Netanyahu briefed his Cabinet Sunday on a package of security and diplomatic incentives the U.S. has proposed to entice Israel to renew limits on settlement construction and revive moribund peace talks with the Palestinians. Netanyahu said at the start of the Cabinet meeting that details of the proposed deal were still being finalized by Israeli and U.S. teams and he would bring it before an inner Cabinet of decision-makers, when completed.

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Israel seen accepting new settlement freeze
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Tweet - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will probably win narrow approval from his coalition government for a US proposal to extend a freeze on West Bank settlement building, Israeli political sources said on Sunday. The Palestinians halted peace talks after the 10-month Israeli moratorium on settlement construction expired in September....

A man enters the Bank of Ireland headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009.

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Ireland says no to EU's rescue offer
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DUBLIN/BERLIN: Ireland said on Sunday that it neither needed nor was discussing EU financial aid and denied reports that the European Union was pressing it to accept emergency funding. EU sources over the past two days said that talks on possible aid were under way and that Ireland was unlikely to hold out without assistance. The European Union is...

British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler who were released by the Somali pirates speak during a press conference at the presidential palace in Mogadishu Somalia Sunday Nov.14 2010 accompanied by Somali prime minister Mohamed Abdulahi Mohamed, left and Parliament speaker Sheriff Hassan Sheikh Adan , second left.

photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh

British couple released by Somali pirates
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8:21 AM Monday Nov 15, 2010 Share Email Print Expand Shrink A British couple kidnapped off their private yacht by Somali pirates more than a year ago have finally been set free, after a ransom was paid. Their release ended one of the most drawn-out and dramatic hostage situations since the rash of piracy began off East Africa....