Who will weep for Burma and Sudan?
UN Council Can’t Agree on Darfur Protest
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Oct 1, 11:03 PM (ET)
By EDITH M. LEDERER
He told reporters in a brief press statement – which does not become part of the council’s official record – that members condemn the attack, deplore the 10 deaths and injuries to 14 peacekeepers, and want the perpetrators identified and brought to justice.
“The reason we couldn’t come to an agreement,” said South Africa’s U.N. Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo, “was because most of us feel that this was a terrorist act” and every report says it was done by rebels, but some council members argued that they wanted to wait for the results of an investigation to find out what happened.
Myanmar Troops Stage Nighttime Arrests|
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Oct 3, 5:33 PM (ET)
People living near the Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar’s most revered shrine and a flash point of unrest during the protests, reported that security forces swept through several dozen homes about 3 a.m., taking away many men and even some women for questioning.
A U.N. Development Program employee, Myint Nwe Moe, and her husband, brother-in-law and driver were among those detained, the U.N. agency said.
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