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RANGOON, Burma – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Burma, which has been renamed Myanmar by the ruling military junta, to focus on saving lives, not on politics, after the military government on Wednesday shunned a U.S. proposal for naval ships to deliver aid to cyclone survivors. The U.N. says up …

LONDON – Britain’s government has begun a campaign of graphic Internet advertisements aimed at warning young people about the dangers of carrying a knife. The ads were designed with input from teenagers and include graphic images of real stab wounds. They will be distributed through social networking sites and mobile …

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge questioned whether the government has that authority. The government seeks to reverse a lower court ruling that allowed Kansas-based Creekstone Farms Premium …