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...Although Suu Kyi's sentencing met with the usual condemnation from Western powers, the United Nations on Thursday issued a relatively muted statement expressing "serious concern" for the 64-year-old's continued confinement. A previous draft that castigated the junta more strenuously did not survive opposition from Russia and China, which are generally loathe to comment on human-rights issues in other countries...
...forcing the Japanese to pull back and abandon plans to launch further attacks on allied bases and the Australian mainland. Yesterday tributes poured in from around the nation for those killed in the crash, with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who walked the track in 2006, saying in a statement published in Australian newspapers that Kokoda evokes the memory of the thousands of young Australians who gave their lives in the pursuit of freedom and democracy. "For nine more Australians to have lost their lives there this week is unbearably sad," Rudd said...
...attorneys wanted the clerk's office to stay open. "They did not tell us they had computer failure, and given the late request, and with no reason given, I just said, 'We close at 5.' I didn't really think of it as a decision as much as a statement," the newspaper quoted Keller as saying...
...crew reported that a group of eight to 12 men boarded at 3 a.m. on July 24, occupying the vessel for 12 hours. "During their stay onboard, the members of the crew were allegedly assaulted, tied, gagged and blindfolded, and some of them were seriously injured," says an MMA statement. According to CNN, since the crew at first believed they had been boarded by a genuine law-enforcement agency, no police complaint was made, and the Arctic Sea continued on its way. At one point, a spokeswoman for the Swedish police told CNN, the ship was witnessed performing "extreme maneuvers...
...Five Russian naval vessels - reported to include nuclear submarines - have been dispatched to search for the Arctic Sea. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev instructed the country's Defense Minister, Anatoly Serduykov, to "take all necessary measures to locate, monitor and, if necessary, to free the missing vessel," a Defense Ministry statement said. Finnish police have said they are also helping with the search. (Read "Medvedev and Obama: Sunshine in Moscow...