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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon 2.7.09
UN chief set for mission in Burma
The UN secretary general will visit Burma to seek the release of political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi.
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A masked guard at a swine flu-quarantined hospital in Athens, Greece, stops a car, 2 July WHO warns swine flu 'unstoppable'
The UN's top health official tells a swine flu forum in Mexico that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.

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A London council withdraws its action against a mother it accused of lying to gain a school place.

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