LCROSS is expected to crash into the moon next month.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

U.N.Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told BBC television that was a painful lesson, and the United Nations will make changes for next month's vote.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said last month.

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The request comes after UN chief Ban Ki-moon proposed a three-month extension to the force's mandate while the north and south resolve outstanding territorial issues.

BBC: Ethiopia offers peacekeepers for Abyei in Sudan

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who earlier this month visited Myanmar -- also known as Burma -- has asked the ruling junta to release all political prisoners, including the National League for Democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

CNN: Myanmar opposition skeptical of government's amnesty claim