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UN chief in Myanmar to lobby for Suu Kyi's release (AP)
03 07 2009 AP - Officials say the U.N. secretary-general has arrived in Myanmar for a two-day mission aimed at winning the release of jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

OAS chief says sanctions likely in Honduras (AP)
03 07 2009

Supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya hold hands as they stand in front of a line of soldiers guarding the entrance to a park during a protest through downtown Tegucigalpa,Thursday, July 2, 2009.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

AP - A top diplomat said Thursday he is heading to Honduras to demand the return of the president toppled at gunpoint — a mission he said is likely to meet rejection, bringing diplomatic and economic punishment for the impoverished Central American nation.

Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign (AP)
02 07 2009

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines move in formation through farm fields after landing by helicopter in an overnight night air assault near the Taliban stronghold of Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province Thursday July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages of southern Afghanistan Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

AP - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan.

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