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  • May 2008
  • November 2007

    • Burma Junta Nixes Talks With UN, Dissident

      AFP  |  Nov 7, 07 3:26 PM CST

      Burma Junta Nixes Talks With UN, Dissident

      (Newser) - The junta ruling Myanmar—formerly Burma—today rejected a UN proposal for three-way talks that would have included detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Agence France-Presse reports. It is the latest disappointment to mar the visit of UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari, in which he has been denied an audience with top general Than Shwe and admonished for UN "interference" in state affairs. More »

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      United Nations  • Burma  • Aung San Suu Kyi  • Ban Ki-Moon  • Ibrahim Gambari  • Yangon  • Than Shwe

  • October 2007

    • 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

    • 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

    • Suu Kyi Rejects Conditions, Won't Meet Junta

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

      Suu Kyi Rejects Conditions, Won't Meet Junta

      (Newser) - Aung San Suu Kyi will not meet with Burma's ruling junta, which insists that she soften her anti-regime position as a condition of scheduling talks. The opposition leader said in a statement today she will accept no conditions, the Guardian reports: “The success of a dialogue is based on sincerity and the spirit of give and take.” More »

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      China  • Burma  • Myanmar  • junta  • Aung San Suu Kyi  • UN sanctions  • Than Shwe

    • Relentless Myanmar Junta Pursues Reprisals

      Reuters  |  Oct 4, 07 4:38 AM CDT

      Relentless Myanmar Junta Pursues Reprisals

      (Newser) - Burma's military junta is continuing to exact a harsh revenge on pro-democracy activists, despite an end to large-scale demonstrations. In the wake of a recent visit by a UN special envoy, the government is disregarding calls for restraint and continuing to round up and beat monks, nuns and civilians. Last night soldiers arrested dozens of people who tried to prevent a raid on a monastery. More »

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      Burma  • Buddhist monks  • Than Shwe

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