Aung San Suu Kyi calls for Myanmar ceasefire

YANGON, July 29, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / CHANNEL NEWS ASIA ) — Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday called on the army and ethnic insurgents to end a decades-long civil conflict in her first direct letter to the country’s new president. Suu Kyi, who held her first talks with a minister in the […]

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New Peruvian President: Peru’s poor my priority

  LIMA, Peru, July 29, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / AP) — Ollanta Humala, the leftist military man who won Peru’s presidency after abandoning a radical platform, promised in his inaugural address Thursday to make his priority the one in three Peruvians still mired in poverty, The Associated Press reported. In an impassioned speech, the 49-year-old former army […]

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Peru Swears In New President

  PERU, July 29, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / VOA) — Ollanta Humala has taken office as Peru’s president, pledging in his inaugural address to ensure that all Peruvians will benefit from the country’s economic growth, VOA reported. Addressing Congress after being sworn in Thursday in Lima, President Humala said “economic progress” and “social inclusion” must work […]

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