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President Barack Obama holds the signed New START treaty with Russian president Dmitri Medvedev at the Prague Castle in Prague 8 Apr 2010
Pact cuts both countries' nuclear arsenals by as much as 30 percent, leaving each with about 1,500 strategic nuclear weapons
Full story » 08/04/2010 : Convoys of various kinds of vehicles will take the red shirts to 10 different targets in Bangkok on Friday which has been set by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship for another major mobile anti-government rally, UDD leader Nathawut Saikua announced on Thursday.
08/04/2010 : The government Centre for Public Administration in Emergency Situations (CPAES) on Thursday said it had succeeded in totally shutting off the United Front for Democracy's mouthpiece, the satellite-based People Channel TV (PTV) station, and was also closing down pro-UDD websites and radio stations.
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The US and Russia sign a "historic" nuclear arms treaty, with Barack Obama promising further disarmament steps. |
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The opposition in Kyrgyzstan says it is setting up an interim government after taking control of the capital in a bloody uprising. | | The remarkable remains of two ancient human-like creatures (hominids) have been found in South Africa. |
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A mudslide sweeps away dozens of homes near Rio as the number of dead as a result of Monday's rains rises. | | A Qatari diplomat is released from custody after allegedly causing a bomb scare on board a US domestic flight. |
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European financial markets have been hit by renewed fears over the state of Greece's debt-ridden economy. | | A former community doctor in southern China is sentenced to death for stabbing and killing eight school children last month. |
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The Israeli authorities lift a gagging order preventing the Israeli media from reporting the case of a former soldier accused of leaking top secret files. | | Europe's Cryosat-2 spacecraft launches successfully from Baikonur on a mission to map Earth's polar ice. |
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A venomous snake is found dead in western Germany after its escape triggered an extensive three-week hunt. | | China and Nepal agree on an official height for Mount Everest - ending a long-running disagreement over the issue. |
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The 74th Masters is under way with Tiger Woods the centre of attention at Augusta National. | | Augusta chairman Billy Payne criticises Tiger Woods ahead of the opening round of the US Masters. |
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Eye-catching images from around the world | | Does golf need him more than he needs golf? |
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Is it legal to marry someone on the phone? | | A Muslim view of what it means to be French |
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British Airways and Spanish airline Iberia have signed a deal to merge and create one of the world's biggest airline groups. | | The US Treasury Secretary holds talks in Beijing amid a long-running dispute over the value of the Chinese currency. |
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Retail sales in the eurozone fell again in February, figures show, underlining the fragility of the economic recovery. | | Ministers are accused of a "stitch-up" to pass digital piracy laws but the measures are approved by MPs. |
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US regulators say parts of a plan to give US citizens high speed net access are threatened by a court ruling on net neutrality. | | Some owners of the newly-available iPad experience difficulties in connecting their devices to wi-fi. |
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British actor Christopher Cazenove, best known for his role in Dynasty, has died after contracting septicaemia. | | Eva Longoria-Parker says she is "confused" about on-set assault claims made by a former Desperate Housewives co-star. |
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A traditional Japanese diet could transfer the genes of "sushi-specific" digestive enzymes into the human gut, say scientists. | | A solar-powered plane prototype takes to the air for the first time in its first step towards a round-the-world journey. |
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A 14-hour operation to separate four-month-old conjoined twins has been successful, doctors at London's Great Ormond St say. | | One of Sudan's main opposition parties - Umma - joins the boycott of next week's elections. |
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The World Bank is to announce whether it will grant South Africa a $3.75bn (£2.45bn) loan for a huge new power plant. | | The US military is reviewing a video of a controversial helicopter attack on a group of people in Iraq in 2007, officials say. |
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Rescue crews are set to enter the coal mine in West Virginia where an explosion killed 25 miners on Monday to look for another four missing miners. | | North Korea says it will freeze South Korean assets at a key tourist resort and restart the venture with a new partner. |
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Asian leaders are urged to put pressure on Burma as they meet in Vietnam, while Thailand's PM pulls out amid domestic unrest. | | Urgent changes must be made to the system of vetting foreign doctors in order to protect patients, MPs say. |
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The European Union withdraws its election observers from Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, citing safety fears. | | Supporters of radical Iraqi Shia cleric have voted to reject both front-running candidates in Iraq's election. |
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Campaigners call for an Israeli media ban on the case of an ex-soldier suspected of security offences to be lifted. | | Voting closes in Sri Lanka's general election, with the president seeking to strengthen his hold on power. |
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The Taliban release a new video which appears to show an American soldier captured in Afghanistan in June. | | Labour launch a fierce attack on Tory "fantasy" savings, as David Cameron says they are "rattled". |
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Two policemen are jailed for 18 months after inflicting "deliberate cruelty" on a 19-year-old woman in custody in Greater Manchester. | | AA patrol staff are to hold a two-day strike starting on 2 May, the union representing them has announced. |
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The Bank of England keeps UK rates at the record low of 0.5% and decides not to pump more money into the economy. | | |
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| If there is to be a new beginning, it's the NLD decision to forgo the bogus legality of the party’s existence so that a mass political movement can organically re-emerge. |
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 |  We are not in a position to punish Myanmar [Burma]. If China and India remain engaged with Myanmar, then we have to. 
—Singaporean Foreign Minister George Yeo |
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| By KYAW THEIN KHA |
| Burmese authorities are significantly restricting the way Rangoon residents celebrate the water festival, known as the Burmese New Year Festival, that runs from Tuesday to Friday next week. |
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| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| The National League for Democracy says it will not take down signs and insignia from outside the party's Rangoon headquarters after May 7. |
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| By KO HTWE |
| Two parties, the Union Democratic Party (UDP) and the Chin National Party (CNP), submit applications to the Union Election Commission to take part in the national election later this year. |
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| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| Government officials refuse to give out the results of blood tests to residents in Mergui after several cases of lead poisoning were reported. |
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| By SIMON ROUGHNEEN |
| The Czech Republic calls for the UN Security Council to examine setting up a Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. |
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| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| Unrest in Thailand and controversy over Burma's elections are likely to overshadow a summit of 10 Southeast Asian leaders who had intended to focus on economic matters. |
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CIA found guilty of spying on former Drug Enforcement Administration officer stationed in Burma in the early 1990s to tackle the country's booming heroin market
Think tank report claims that Indian engagement with Burma “has paid dividends” and that Western sanctions have only bolstered China's influence
A delegation from the maligned former Soviet republic heads to Burma to discuss strengthening military and technical cooperation
