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Foreign Secretary condemns North Korea's ballistic missile launches 04 July 2009

David Miliband called the ballistic missile launches on 4 July a 'breach of UN Security Council Resolutions'. He also said it's 'vital that North Korean capacity is contained and tension on the Korean peninsular kept at manageable levels'.

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A united message to Burma on human rights abuses 03 July 2009

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon travelled to Burma today calling for the release of pro democracy leader Aung San Su Kyi and to send a united international message to Burma on human rights abuses.

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Reports that British Embassy staff in Iran may face trial 03 July 2009

Following news that remarks by Ayatollah Jannati suggest some of our local staff in Iran may face trial, Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, stressed that 'we are urgently seeking clarification from the appropriate Iranian authorities'.

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David Miliband - 'How I found life in a Jewish graveyard' 03 July 2009

Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, reflected on his recent visit to the largest European Jewish cemetery, in Warsaw, during an interview with the Jewish Chronicle on 2 July.

UK and France working together in the EU 02 July 2009

Minister for Europe Baroness Kinnock held talks with her French counterpart Pierre Lellouche on a wide range of EU issues including Security and Defence on Thursday 2 July.

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