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A year on from the demonstrations Foreign Office Minister, Meg Munn, commented on the situation in Burma and called for an international effort to find a peaceful solution to the tensions in the region.

She said:

‘A year ago this week, the people of Burma took to the streets to demand a better future, thousands of monks in saffron robes and ordinary people standing up to a brutal military regime. Many were killed and injured in the crackdown that followed . Hundreds remain imprisoned for their involvement. Their sacrifice makes it doubly unacceptable that, one year on, Burma’s rulers continue to resist international efforts to support peace, prosperity and democracy in the country, despite repeated calls for change from the UN Security Council.

After the horrific devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis in May, Burma’s neighbours are working with the UN and the regime to bring relief to those so desperately in need. This shows what the international community can achieve in Burma. It must redouble its efforts towards peaceful, democratic change, under the leadership of the UN Secretary-General. The British government remains committed to doing all it can
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Israel’s Muslim population’s growth rate continues to decline. Jewish population grows by 1.6%.
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UK Border Agency has revealed the design of the first identity cards to be issued to foreign nationals in the UK. for more click here

A controversial video about the dangers of radical Islam that has been distributed to millions of American homes in key electoral swing states as part of their daily newspaper bundle has become the target of a formal complaint to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Wednesday. for more click here

Ehud Barak now says Labor is willing to join a new government coalition formed by Tzipi Livni of Kadima. The ball is now in the Shas court. for more click here

President George W. Bush’s final address to the United Nations was, in many ways, an encapsulation of America’s primary objectives in the U.N over the past eight years. for more click here

As Americans are repeatedly being reminded during this marathon political season, all politicians stretch the truth.

But sometimes their bending of facts goes over the line.

During a lively interview with the Los Angeles Times in New York on Monday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiled amicably and graciously accepted a Los Angeles Dodgers cap as a small token of Angeleno courtesy. for more click here

An eastern Jerusalem Arab terrorist ran over a group of soldiers, shortly before 11 p.m. Monday night at Kikar Tzahal near Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem. for more click here

Two Israelis are reportedly among a group of 10 to 15 tourists kidnapped Monday by terrorists in the southern Egyptian city of Aswan. for more click here