Burma completes charter outline
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Burma's leaders declare 14 years of constitutional talks complete and formally close a national assembly.
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Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej endorsed an interim charter on Sunday which will be effective until a new constitution is drawn up following last month's bloodless military coup.
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Burma's Prime minister in exile Sein Win with Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda, photo: CTK Ever since a coup in 1962, Burma has been governed by a military Junta.
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Burma's military junta says it is ready to "take action" against monks in mounting protests, state media report.
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NYAUNG-HNA-PIN, Burma -- Burma's military government opened yesterday what it says will be the final session of a national convention aimed at completing a process launched 14 years ago to draw up guidelines for a new constitution.
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Myanmar's military government will hold a referendum on a new constitution in May this year followed by multi-party elections in 2010, the first in two decades, state television announced on Saturday.
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A military-appointed council was set Friday to approve its final draft of a new constitution that is meant to guide Thailand back to democracy after last year&#39;s coup.
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YANGON : Myanmar has pledged to adhere to its &quot;roadmap to democracy,&quot; media reported, despite the sacking and arrest of the nation&#39;s former premier who was seen as the key architect of the plan.
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Burma's military rulers try to stop the flow of information to and from the country as a crackdown on anti-government protests continues.
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A Liberal Democratic Party panel has compiled an outline for revising the Constitution that would allow for a &quot;military force for self-defense,&quot; the Emperor as head of state and a female on the Imperial throne, LDP sources said Wednesday.
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BURMA&#39;S military junta is going ahead with its promised mass release of prisoners and a top dissident who was democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s closest aide will be among them, a senior official said today.
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MANDALAY, Burma - As the lunchtime gong chimed through a tree-shaded monastery, several hundred monks in burgundy robes lined up, all holding alms bowls.
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Myanmar, also known as Burma, has confirmed the ousting of its prime minister Khin Nyunt. A senior figure in the country&#39;s ruling military junta, said he has been replaced by a deputy to one of the top two generals in the country.
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Burma&#39;s prime minister has said the country will proceed with democratic reforms, but gave no indication of when opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be freed from house arrest.
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RANGOON, Burma - More than 100 Buddhist monks marched peacefully yesterday in a northern Burma town noted for its defiance of the country's military rulers, the first large protest since the junta violently crushed a wave of antigovernment demonstrations.
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Myanmar's military junta unveiled a timetable for the country's first elections in two decades, but it was unclear Sunday if detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be allowed to stand.
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Myanmar's junta sent armed police to ring key Buddhist sites on Friday, the end of an annual period of monastic retreat, to prevent any resurgence of last month's monk-led protests, the biggest uprising in two decades.