Myanmar&#39;s premier `permitted to retire&#39;
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Myanmar&#39;s state radio and television announced yesterday that Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt has been replaced by a hardline member of the country&#39;s ruling military junta, Lieutenant General Soe Win.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday approved the request of Iqbal Riza, chief of his executive office, to retire after nearly 30 years of service to the United Nations.
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San  Suu Kyi will not be allowed to take part in elections proposed  by the country's military leaders in 2010 because she had been  married to a foreigner, the Straits Times reported on  Wednesday.
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Myanmar&#39;s pro-democracy party released doves and balloons Tuesday in a quiet ceremony under tight security to mark the 62nd birthday of its detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma's tough but pragmatic prime minister was removed from power yesterday by his hard-line army colleagues, clouding prospects for the freedom of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and for democracy in the military-led Southeast Asian nation.
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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 A senior figure in the country&#39;s ruling military junta, said he has been replaced by a deputy to one of the top two generals in the country.
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The leader of the military junta said today that it would remain in an advisory role after naming a civilian prime minister.
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Cambodia&#39;s legislature has voted to allow a nine-member council to choose a successor to 81-year-old King Norodom Sihanouk, who abdicated last week.
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Myanmar&#39;s prime minister was sacked Tuesday by his army colleagues, clouding prospects for the freedom of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and for democracy in the military-led Southeast Asian nation.
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The ouster of Myanmar's prime minister,  architect of a tentative "roadmap to democracy," has dashed  faint hopes for an end to military rule and leaves Southeast  Asia's policy of constructive engagement in tatters.
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Aung San Suu Kyi will not be allowed to run for election under Myanmar's proposed constitution, which has now been drafted ahead of a referendum in May, the military government said Tuesday.
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Myanmar's military junta has confirmed a  constitution-forming National Convention will restart at the  end of the rainy season in November, despite political turmoil  sparked by the purge of Prime Minister Khin Nyunt.
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BANGKOK, Oct. 21. - Myanmarâs ruling junta has cancelled peace talks with the countryâs largest ethnic rebel group after the surprise ousting of Prime Minister Gen.
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NEW DELHI: Myanmar said Monday it will not allow its territory to be used for anti-India activities as New Delhi rolled out a red carpet to welcome Yangon&#39;s army leader, General Than Shwe.
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Myanmar&#39;s tough but pragmatic prime minister was sacked Tuesday by his hardline army colleagues, clouding prospects for the freedom of opposition leader Aung San
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BANGKOK, Thailand - The secretive military government of Myanmar was at the center of rumors today that the prime minister, the long-powerful Lt.
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ISLAMABAD: President General Pervez Musharraf has accepted the resignation tendered by Prime Minister Ch Shujaat Hussein. However, Ch Shujaat will serve the office till new leader of the house takes oath as Prime Minister of Pakistan.