Weekday News Wrap: June 19, 2012

19 Jun Weekday News Wrap: June 19, 2012

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Eight Turkish soldiers have been killed in South East Turkey during clashes with Kurdish PKK militants from Iraq.
Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the killing of a senior military commander in Yemen.
After receiving her Nobel Peace Price on Saturday, Aung San Suu Kyi picked up Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award in Dublin on Monday.
No case delays in Myanmar where 2 Muslim men have been sentenced to death for the rape and killing of a woman last month that led to sectarian violence.
ICAO’s Secretary-General has announced that he expects to have a plan to deal with aviation greenhouse gas emissions by March 2013, rather than by the end of 2012 as originally planned.
Mexico has been invited to join the negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, while Canada has not yet made the cut.
Presidents Obama and Putin issued a joint statement following their first meeting since Putin’s re-election.

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