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Support of democracies key for Myanmar: Suu Kyi

Latest News Suu Kyi

Officials in Vilnius said the video had been recorded several days ago. On Wednesday, Myanmar’s regime told pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi to halt all political activities and warned that her planned first national tour since being freed in November from seven straight years of house arrest could spark riots and chaos. The Community of Democracies [...]

Greeks pass critical budget cuts despite protests

Greeks pass critical budget cuts despite protests

Greek lawmakers Wednesday approved a package of austerity measures demanded by international lenders, despite protests outside Parliament as they were voting, in a move that should clear the way for an emergency loan to Athens. Greek riot police fired round after round of tear gas to keep small crowds of protesters away from Parliament in [...]

Warns Suu Kyi planned tour could cause riots

Myanmar government

A possible tour of Myanmar by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi could cause riots, state media warned on Wednesday, implying she would be responsible for her own safety. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi is planning her first trip outside the former capital Yangon since she was freed from home detention last year just [...]

Space debris a growing problem

Space debris a growing problem

According to Latest News  A scare triggered by orbital debris that on Tuesday came within a couple of hundred metres (yards) of the International Space Station (ISS) sheds light on an acutely worsening problem. Millions of chunks of metal, plastic and glass are whirling round Earth, the garbage left from 4,600 launches in 54 years [...]

Anti-nuclear proposals

Anti Neclear

Angry shareholders lashed out at Tokyo Electric Power Co. on June 28, demanding a retreat from nuclear power and the chairman’s resignation over the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. But at the end of the TEPCO shareholders’ meeting, attended by a record number of people, motions to cease operations and decommission reactors [...]

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