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  • November 2007

    • Suu Kyi: 'I Stand Ready to Cooperate'

      Associated Press  |  Nov 8, 07 12:07 PM CST

      Suu Kyi: 'I Stand Ready to Cooperate'

      (Newser) - Aung San Suu Kyi is ready to cooperate with Burma's military rulers, UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari announced today, reading a statement from the long-imprisoned opposition leader. “I stand ready to cooperate with the government in order to make this process of dialogue a success,” she wrote after the government said it would allow her a rare meeting with her party. More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • junta  • Aung San Suu Kyi  • Ibrahim Gambari

  • October 2007

    • Burmese Monks Back in Streets

      BBC  |  Oct 31, 07 8:52 AM CDT

      Burmese Monks Back in Streets

      (Newser) - Picking up their quashed demands, more than 100 Burmese monks marched in defiance of the military junta today in the first marches since the government crackdown on pro-democracy protests late last month. "This is very significant... we are very encouraged to see the monks taking up action," one Burmese human rights watcher told the BBC. More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • human rights  • Aung San Suu Kyi  • Buddhist monks

    • Suu Kyi Meets With Junta Liaison

      Guardian (UK)  |  Oct 25, 07 9:27 AM CDT

      Suu Kyi Meets With Junta Liaison

      (Newser) - Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi today met with the military junta minister in charge of opposition group relations, a day after marking her twelfth year under house arrest, the Guardian reports. Former general Aung Kyi was appointed earlier this month in an apparent concession to international pressure, and spent an hour with Suu Kyi in their first meeting. More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Aung San Suu Kyi  • Than Shwe

    • Supporters Rally for Suu Kyi

      BBC  |  Oct 24, 07 6:59 AM CDT

      Supporters Rally for Suu Kyi

      (Newser) - Protests are in progress in front of 12 Chinese embassies around the world today to mark the 12th anniversary of the incarceration of Burmese political prisoner and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. Six fellow female laureates also have written an open letter, published in today's Guardian , asking the UN to work harder for the release of Suu Kyi. More »

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      China  • United Nations  • Burma  • Myanmar  • Aung San Suu Kyi  • Burma protest  • Nobel Peace Prize  • Ibrahim Gambari

    • Burma Lifts Curfew, Ban on Assembly

      Associated Press  |  Oct 20, 07 3:34 PM CDT

      Burma Lifts Curfew, Ban on Assembly

      (Newser) - Burma is scrapping a curfew and a ban on assemblies of more than 5 people in Yangon, apparently assured that pro-democracy protests are dead. The junta also gave opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi a fresh invite for compromise talks, the AP reports. Both moves come after Bush imposed a new round of sanctions against Burma for its brutal crackdown on protesters.  More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Aung San Suu Kyi  • sanctions  • Ibrahim Gambari  • Yangon  • Than Shwe  • Mandalay

    • Bush Tightens Sanctions on Burma

      Reuters  |  Oct 19, 07 7:14 PM CDT

      Bush Tightens Sanctions on Burma

      (Newser) - President Bush expanded sanctions against Burma today, citing the junta's ongoing "vicious persecution" of protesters. Acknowledging the limits of US influence, he called on India, China and other neighbors to put pressure on the military regime he accused of "ongoing atrocities," Reuters reports. The new sanctions include a freeze on US assets of  individuals and groups, and a ban on the sale of high-performance computers to Burma. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Burma  • Myanmar  • Burma protest  • economic sanctions

    • 3,000 Detained in Burma, by Junta's Count

      Associated Press  |  Oct 17, 07 9:01 AM CDT

      3,000 Detained in Burma, by Junta's Count

      (Newser) - Burma’s military regime imprisoned roughly 3,000 people in last month’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the state-run newspaper announced today. Over 500 are still in custody, and more are being arrested each day. “Those who should be released will be,” the paper said. Meanwhile international outrage has prompted Japan and China to distance themselves from the regime, the AP reports. More »

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      China  • Japan  • Burma  • Myanmar  • Buddhist monks  • political prisoner

    • Burma's Blood Rubies Lift Junta

      Der Spiegel  |  Oct 16, 07 9:42 PM CDT

      Burma's Blood Rubies Lift Junta

      (Newser) - Precious Burmese rubies account for 90% of the world's supply, and fund that nation's brutal military junta, according to Der Spiegel. Though some dealers maintain that ruby sales support the opposition, the German paper reports that profits instead go straight to the junta's coffers. Not only that, but gem miners (including children) work under hellish conditions where bosses mix amphetamines into drinking water to improve yield. More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Burma protest  • blood diamonds

    • Burma Protests a 'Success,' Says Buddhist Leader

      Time  |  Oct 14, 07 7:07 PM CDT

      Burma Protests a 'Success,' Says Buddhist Leader

      (Newser) - Revered Buddhist spokesman Thich Nhat Hanh, famed for enlisting Martin Luther King's help against the Vietnam War, is supporting his spiritual brethren in Burma on a US tour. The monks' struggle against Burma is "already a success," he told Time , "because if monks are imprisoned or have died, they have offered their spiritual leadership." More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Dalai Lama  • Vietnam  • military junta  • Buddhism  • monks  • meditation

    • Burma Nabs Top Dissidents

      BBC  |  Oct 13, 07 10:02 AM CDT

      Burma Nabs Top Dissidents

      (Newser) - Myanmar’s rulers have arrested just about every major dissident at large, the BBC reports. The junta rounded up three more prominent figures, among them Htay Kywe, who had been in hiding. He was a leader not only of the recent protests but of the 1988 uprising as well. Amnesty International expressed “fear that they risk torture and ill treatment.” More »

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      Burma  • protests  • Myanmar  • junta  • Rangoon  • dissidents

    • Council Upbraids Myanmar Junta

      Reuters  |  Oct 11, 07 4:50 PM CDT

      Council Upbraids Myanmar Junta

      (Newser) - The UN Security Council unanimously condemned the Myanmar junta's violent suppression of pro-democracy protests in an official policy statement today, demanding the prompt release of all political prisoners and serious negotiations with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The council's first official action on Myanmar highlights a shift by China, who previously defended its trading partner before the council. More »

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      United Nations  • Burma  • Myanmar  • Aung San Suu Kyi  • Security Council  • Ibrahim Gambari

    • Myanmar Junta: 'You Are No Longer Monks'

      Reuters  |  Oct 11, 07 12:09 PM CDT

      Myanmar Junta: 'You Are No Longer Monks'

      (Newser) - Buddhist monks rounded up in protests in Myanmar faced torturous conditions, a recent detainee told Reuters. During days of interrogation, monks were beaten and denied medical treatment, water, and toilets. Prisoners were stripped of their iconic robes. “You are no longer a monk,” a guard told the prisoner, slapping him. “You are just an ordinary man with a shaven head.” More »

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      Burma  • torture  • Myanmar  • junta  • Buddhist monks  • prisoners  • Burma protest

    • First Lady to Junta: Free Burma

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 10, 07 12:23 PM CDT

      First Lady to Junta: Free Burma

      (Newser) - The recent violent crackdown on peaceful protests in Burma have left the military regime friendless in the international community and reviled by its people, Laura Bush writes in the Wall Street Journal . The junta “must immediately stop their terror campaigns against their own people,” she writes, and then step down, making way for “a unified Burma governed by legitimate leaders.” More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • junta  • Aung San Suu Kyi  • Laura Bush

    • Suu Kyi Rejects Conditions, Won't Meet Junta

      Guardian (UK)  |  Oct 9, 07 1:19 PM CDT