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NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon has opened the annual United Nations General Assembly summit with a call to the Myanmar military junta to 'exercise restraint' in the face of escalating pro-democracy protests.'We again urge the authorities in Myanmar to exercise restraint, to engage without delay in dialogue with all the relevant parties to the national reconciliation process on the issues of concern to the people of Myanmar,' he told world leaders gathered for the 62nd assembly session.Please write your own byline and save in your preferencesafp/jlcCOPYRIGHTCopyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News.
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