UN chief goes to Myanmar to cajole junta over aid
                   
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon heads to Myanmar on Thursday for the diplomatic challenge of a lifetime - persuading the ruling generals to let in a torrent of foreign assistance for cyclone victims.He urged the junta Wednesday to focus on saving lives, not on politics, after it refused an... [read full story]                    

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