Burma allows human rights visit
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The Burmese regime agrees to let the UN's human rights expert visit after refusing permission for four years.
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One of Burma&#39;s principle military rulers, General Than Shwe, is in India to strengthen political and economic ties. It is the first visit by a Burmese leader to India in the last 24 years.
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BANGKOK, Sept. 25 -- Burma's military rulers imposed a nighttime curfew and banned assemblies Tuesday after thousands of Buddhist monks defied their warnings and mounted another day of pro-democracy protests to the cheers of crowds in the streets of Yangon.
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South-east Asian govern-ments yesterday abandoned attempts to censure Burma publicly for its human rights abuses, with officials admitting in private that they
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The U.N. Human Rights Council told  Myanmar on Friday to prosecute those who committed abuses  during a crackdown on peaceful monk-led protests and free Nobel  laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners.
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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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UN diplomats express growing concern over Burma, after days of protests in the military-ruled nation.
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Burma&#39;s ruling military junta is facing renewed criticism after extending the house arrest of detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
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HANOI - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder told delegates at the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM 5) in Vietnam&#39;s capital Friday that Germany expects Myanmar (Burma) to take steps to improve its human rights record, according to delegation members.
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The European Union is set to impose new sanctions against Burma, according to the EU&#39;s Dutch presidency. The EU warned last month that it would take action against Burma unless human rights improved before
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Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a representative of Myanmar's ruling junta Friday for the first time in nearly two months, a government official said.
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North Korea yesterday signalled that it may decide to lift the veil on some of its human rights violations after being challenged to allow the inspection of one of the country&#39;s notorious prison
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UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations on Friday said it was âencouragedâ by the release of nearly 4,000 inmates in military-ruled Myanmar, including opposition leaders, and encouraged the junta to free all remaining political prisoners.
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The U.N. Human Rights Council told Myanmar on Friday to prosecute those who committed abuses during a crackdown on peaceful monk-led protests and free Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners.
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Thailand's army-installed premier has flown to neighbouring Myanmar for talks with its leader Than Shwe at the new capital, Naypyidaw, a visit that invites comparisons of the two juntas.
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RANGOON, Burma -- Burma's military junta released at least 19 political prisoners yesterday, including members of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party who were among thousands of inmates whose detentions were ruled improper. Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate, remained under house arrest.
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Burma frees a protester who was injured during arrest, in an apparently conciliatory gesture, activists say.