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The EU plans to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601100&amp;sid=ag_3wDdnIaqA&amp;refer=germany\" target=\"_blank\">pressure China<\/a> for Suu Kyi&#8217;s release.<\/p>\n<p>An Indonesian Air Force C-130 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2009\/05\/20\/hercules-crash039s-death-toll-reaches-68.html\" target=\"_blank\">cargo airplane crashes with<\/a> over 100 passengers, at least 93 are dead.<\/p>\n<p>The International Committee of the Red Cross <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icrc.org\/web\/eng\/siteeng0.nsf\/htmlall\/sri-lanka-news-180509\" target=\"_blank\">halts humanitarian<\/a> aid activities to Sri Lanka as the Sri Lankan <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2009\/05\/200952011230183260.html\" target=\"_blank\">government arrests<\/a> three Tamil doctors relied upon by the media for reports on civilian casualties.<\/p>\n<p>43,000 Somalis <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/news\/NEWS\/4a140e5b2.html\" target=\"_blank\">flee Mogadishu<\/a> as fighting between the Somali government and the opposition Al-Shabaab and Hisb-ul-Islam groups intensifies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran test fires a surface-to-surface missile with a range of 1,200 miles, capable of striking Israel. 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