Military strengthens in Myanmar
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YANGON: A cabinet reshuffle in Myanmar has strengthened the hand of hardliners and left a new breed of political novices from the military in charge of crucial dealings with the regimeâs international critics.
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A senior figure in the Burmese military is appointed to replace Khin Nyunt, the country's state media reports.
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Military-run Myanmar claimed Friday it was taking another step on its "road map" to democracy by drafting a new charter, and accused the United States of training monks who led protests last month.
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Myanmar military ruler Senior General Than Shwe has told Indian leaders the junta was committed to bringing democracy, a week after ousting a fellow general credited with setting in motion a roadmap for change.
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New Delhi, Oct 25 (UNI) India today rolled out the red carpet for Myanmar&#39;s military ruler, Senior General Than Shwe, who is here on a five-day state visit for discussions on expanding trade and commercial ties and on security matters including checking
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YANGON, Myanmar  - Myanmar's junta freed at least  two dozen members of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's  political party Friday during a mass release of 4,000 people  detained "inappropriately" by the intelligence machine purged  last month.
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One of the few unchallenged accomplishments of Myanmar's military junta &#151; securing peace with the country's armed ethnic rebel groups &#151; may be in jeopardy after Prime Minister Gen. Khin Nyunt lost his job this week.
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New Delhi, Oct 24 : Myanmar&#39;s military strongman Than Shwe arrived here Sunday on a six-day visit to India, a country that sees &quot;strategic compulsions&quot; in warming up to its eastern neighbour after years of alienation.
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Myanmar soldiers and police cracked down hard on the biggest protests against military rule in 20 years, sealing off the Shwedagon Pagoda, firing tear gas and arresting up to 200 monks on Wednesday.
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Burmese soldiers guard key points in Rangoon, one month on from a crackdown on anti-government protests.
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Myanmar's military junta is to release a  further 5,070 prisoners, state media announced on Saturday,  bringing the total number of prisoners released in recent weeks  to more than 14,000.
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Soldiers fired warning shots Thursday above an estimated crowd of 70,000 anti-government demonstrators defying a crackdown that has drawn international appeals for restraint by Myanmar's ruling junta.
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The Myanmar junta poured troops and police armed with rifles into central Yangon on Tuesday in an attempt to end the biggest demonstrations against military rule in nearly 20 years.
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Military-run Myanmar put on a show of defiance Friday on the 60th anniversary of independence from Britain amid global pressure for reform following the junta's bloody crackdown on dissent.
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Myanmar has extended Aung San Suu  Kyi's detention, Malaysia's foreign minister said Monday,  confirming recent reports from Yangon that the junta had  decided to keep her in isolation.
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Myanmar's military ruler, Senior  General Than Shwe, arrives in India on Sunday on a landmark  visit to strengthen economic and political ties with one of the  few friends his junta has in the world.
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Myanmar's junta has freed 87 more people arrested during last month's crackdown, including more than 50 members of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), party spokesman Nyan Win said.