NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron made on Friday an historic visit to Myanmar where he plans to tell its president he is ready to urge an easing of European sanctions if convinced of the former general’s reform credentials. In the first visit to Myanmar by a Western leader in decades, Cameron will meet Nobel […]
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British PM starts historic Myanmar visit
April 13, 2012 
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(AFP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Myanmar on Friday for the first visit by a Western leader in decades as world powers consider lifting sanctions against the former pariah state. Cameron was due to hold talks with Myanmar’s reformist President Thein Sein as well as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during the one-day visit, which follows the […]
Read morePhotostram : Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon and First lady Margarita Zavala Visits Haiti
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British Foreign Secretary expresses ‘deep concern’ about N.Korea rocket launch
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(AFP) — British Foreign Secretary William Hague expressed “deep concern” overNorth Korea’s long-range rocket launch and called for a robust response from the international community. “I am deeply concerned about the DPRK’s satellite launch today,” Hague said in a statement issued by the Foreign Office on Friday. “Such a launch uses ballistic missile technology and, as such, is […]
Read moreNorth Korea: Satellite fails to enter orbit
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PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean state media are acknowledging the country’s satellite has failed to enter orbit. The statement Friday came after U.S. and South Korean officials said the North’s much-anticipated rocket launch ended quickly in failure earlier in the day. The U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command says the first stage […]
Read moreNorth Korean launch fails
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(NHK) — North Korea has launched what it called a satellite-carrying rocket but the projectile disintegrated soon after the launch. Japan’s Defense Ministry says debris fell into the Yellow Sea, without affecting Japanese territory. The ministry says a US early warning satellite system confirmed the launch at about 7:40 AM, Japan Time. The projectile […]
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