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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Myanmar's military government will hold a referendum on a new constitution in May 2008 followed by multiparty elections in 2010 as part of the junta's roadmap to democracy, state television announced on Saturday.
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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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YANGON, Myanmar  -- Myanmar announced Saturday that it was lifting a curfew and ending a ban on assembly imposed after a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the latest sign that the government believes it has extinguished the largest demonstrations in decades.
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Burma's army has moved reinforcements into ethnic minority areas for the probable renewal of an offensive
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Burma has completed its mass release of more than 9,000 jail inmates following a shake-up in the military-run regime. A prison source says that all 9,248 prisoners promised freedom have been released, although
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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 UN Security Council hold its first discussion of Burma, which has been under military rule for decades.
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Burma&#39;s military government has announced it has begun freeing 5,070 more prisoners, taking the number earmarked for release since last month to more than 14,300.
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BANGKOK, Sept. 26 -- After nine days of restraint, Burma's military rulers cracked down on protesting Buddhist monks Wednesday, with security forces firing warning shots, shooting tear gas canisters, swinging truncheons and making scores of arrests to suppress anti-government marchers.
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Some highlights from the Nonaligned Movement summit's final declaration.
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Army-ruled Myanmar has finished writing a new constitution, to be put to a May referendum, which gives the military the "leading political role" in the future state, official media said on Tuesday.
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The revised law was passed at the 11th session of the 10th Standing Committee of National People&#39;s Congress (NPC), which concluded Saturday morning.
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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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MARK COLVIN: It now appears almost certain that Burma&#39;s &quot;roadmap to democracy&quot;, so called, has hit a dead end. As we reported earlier this week, Burma&#39;s repressive military junta has dumped its Prime Minister, General Khin Nyunt.
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Burma's military junta bans groups of more than five people gathering.
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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.