Myanmar frees number two political prisoner
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as they sought to measure the significance of a purge of Prime Minister Khin Nyunt and his intelligence apparatus last month. The release could be a signal that the generals may be willing to move seriously on political reform, they said.
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Myanmar's junta held nearly 1,200  political prisoners before a crackdown on Buddhist monk-led  street protests last month, according to a report by the U.N.'s  independent expert on human rights in Myanmar.
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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.
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Myanmar&#39;s second most prominent political prisoner, Min Ko Naing, leader of the 1988 student democracy protests, has been freed by the ruling generals, a source close to his family said early on Saturday.
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A dissident who led the 1988 student protests in Burma is freed, as part of a release of 4,000 prisoners.
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Myanmar's ruling generals have freed  their second most prominent political prisoner, Min Ko Naing,  leader of student democracy protests in 1988, a source close to  his family said on Saturday.
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Yangon - Three truckloads of inmates rolled out of Myanmar&#39;s main jail on Friday, a day after the military regime announced it was expanding its prisoner release programme to more than 9 000 people, a correspondent saw.
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Myanmar&#39;s junta freed at least two dozen members of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s political party Friday during a mass release of 4,000 people detained &quot;inappropriately
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The junta in Burma releases at least 70 people detained during recent protests, opposition party officials say.
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Myanmar's ruling junta has freed its  second most prominent political prisoner, leader of the 1988  student democracy protests Min Ko Naing, in a move analysts  said could be a major step toward political reform.
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BANGKOK, Thailand: Myanmar&#39;s secretive military regime has forced out its prime minister, the long-powerful Gen. Khin Nyunt, and placed him under house arrest on corruption charges, a government spokesman in neighboring Thailand said Tuesday.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (19/11/04) - The Military government of Myanmar (also known as Burma) is reportedly releasing some 3â937 prisoners âinappropriately jailedâ by the dissolved National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) led by the ousted prime minister
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Burma&#39;s military junta has freed a top dissident - second only to Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi - as part of a release of 4,000 prisoners.
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Rangoon, Myanmar/Burma - Military officials have released almost 4,000 political prisoners, including several members of Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s National League for Democracy.
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Burma&#39;s military junta has freed prominent political prisoners during a mass release of four thousand detainees. He is a high-profile aide to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under house arrest.
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YANGON, Myanmar -- One of Myanmar&#39;s most prominent political prisoners, Min Ko Naing, a student democracy leader, has been freed by the country&#39;s military government, a government source said Saturday.
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One of Myanmar&#39;s best known and longest-imprisoned political dissidents has been freed as part of a general release of almost 4,000 prisoners granted by the country&#39;s ruling junta, a family member confirmed Saturday.