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BANGKOK (Reuters) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has a rare meeting with Myanmar's top general on Friday where he will urge the secretive leader to free all political prisoners and ensure next year's elections are credible. …
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By C. Bryson Hull COLOMBO (Reuters) - A truce looks out of the question in Sri Lanka's war, but the government has said it would no longer use heavy weapons as troops advance into a tiny rebel pocket where tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped.
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(Reuters) - Southeast Asia faces one of the world's highest climate change bills, the Asian Development Bank said on Monday, unless the region adapts to climate change and joins the rest of the world in cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
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(Reuters) - French unions staged a nationwide day of action on Thursday to denounce the government's economic policies and call for more measures to help consumers.
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