Burma 'detains three activists'
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Three Burmese activists are detained as the opposition NLD marks its 18th anniversary, colleagues say.
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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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Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been told she will be held under house arrest at least until September, a spokesman for her political party said Monday.
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RANGOON - At least two dissidents are among thousands of prisoners being freed by the Myanmar military government in a third mass release in less than a month.
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Afghan officials say they have arrested three suspects in connection with a rocket attack on a helicopter carrying President Hamid Karzai.
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Officials have detained a third person in connection with the September seizure of a southern Russian school by armed militants that ended in death for hundreds of children and adults, a law enforcement spokesman said Monday.
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Leading Myanmar activists arrested in a crackdown by ruling generals on a rare series of protests are in the infamous Insein prison, suggesting they may indeed be tried and face 20 years in jail, a relative said on Sunday.
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The dissident leader of fuel price protests in Burma a week ago has been arrested, following a police operation.
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Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition leader, has been told by police that she may be kept under house arrest for up to a year.
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Police released three rights activists whose detention earlier Friday sparked protests and clashes with police, a defense lawyer said.
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Three ex-ministers of  Nepal's king are arrested on suspicion of conspiring to encourage violence in southern Nepal.
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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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Myanmar's military junta tightened the net on leaders of a rare string of protests on Thursday, raiding homes of known activists and their friends and distributing their photographs in a manhunt around Yangon.
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At least 70 monks detained and some beaten as security forces sweep through claimed hotbeds of protest movement.
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RANGOON, Burma -- Detained prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been told she will be held under house arrest at least until September, a spokesman for her political party said yesterday.
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Burmese authorities release three prominent dissidents involved in last month's democracy protests.
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Chinese police detain prominent rights activist and Aids campaigner Hu Jia, amid talk of a growing crackdown.