Burma to resume constitution work
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The military government in Burma says it will restart talks next month on a new constitution
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Thailand's ruling generals were set to unveil a new constitution ahead of an expected announcement that the country's former army chief would be named as interim prime minister.
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Myanmar's military rulers will keep  opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi isolated under house arrest  until at least Nov. 27 next year, her National League for  Democracy (NLD) said on Wednesday.
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Supporters of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi protested Tuesday to demand democracy in Myanmar, days after the military regime said it would hold elections in 2010 under a new constitution likely to entrench the junta's powerful position.
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The dismissal of Burma&#39;s Prime Minister Khin Nyunt is causing concern that it may set back efforts to move the country toward democracy after more than 40 years of military dictatorship.
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Burma&#39;s opposition party says its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has had her house arrest extended for another 12 months until September next year.
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Detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been told she will be held under house arrest until at least next September, a spokesman for her political party said.
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Burma&#39;s military junta has confirmed a National Convention to form a constitution will restart at the end of the rainy season in November, despite the turmoil caused by the purge of Prime Minister Khin Nyunt.
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Thailand yesterday told military-ruled Myanmar that it must take real steps toward democracy in the coming year, but failed to get any clarification from the junta on reports that pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s house arrest has been extended.
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Myanmar's ruling junta said the country's new draft constitution, which will replace one scrapped in 1988, was completed 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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Embattled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra resumed his duties full-time Tuesday as opponents planned more street demonstrations and law suits to force his ouster.
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RANGOON, Burma, Sept. 30 -- Burma's military junta detained two former dissident leaders on Saturday as part of a renewed crackdown on pro-democracy activists that followed anniversary celebrations of Aung San Suu Kyi's political party.
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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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Military-ruled Burma says it will stick with its âroad mapâ to democracy despite the juntaâs recent purge of the prime minister who proposed it, but is ducking questions on when pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will go free.
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MAE SOT, Thailand  - A referendum on an army-made constitution in Myanmar will be a "major battlefield" between the junta and a people wanting to be rid of military rule, the country's biggest dissident group said on Monday.
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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.