Myanmar Says Constitution Talks to Restart Soon
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Myanmar&#39;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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Accusing Myanmar of crushing dissent, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday the southeast Asian country's recent national convention to draw up a constitution was undemocratic and exclusionary.
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Beijing, Oct. 21. (PTI): China today hoped that Myanmar can achieve national reconciliation and that the efforts towards democracy in the country would move forward in spite of the recent political developments there.
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BANGKOK - After 14 years of on-and-off sessions, a constitutional convention in Burma produced a set of charter guidelines yesterday, the first step on a "road map to democracy" whose end is still not in sight.
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China will be asked to do more to encourage the military rulers of Myanmar to engage in dialogue with the opposition, the U.N. special envoy to the troubled Southeast Asian nation said on Thursday.
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Military-run Myanmar claimed Friday it was taking another step on its "road map" to democracy by drafting a new charter, and accused the United States of training monks who led protests last month.
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The country's peace envoy says that negotiations will resume next month to end the civil war.
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Britain on Saturday gave a guarded response to Myanmar's announcement that a referendum would be held on a new constitution in May before multi-party elections in 2010.
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Myanmar's military junta has told Red Cross officials that the humanitarian group can reopen field offices that the government had ordered shut in October, the aid agency said Thursday.
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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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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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Proposals to hold a May constitutional referendum and general elections in 2010 represent significant steps forward for Myanmar, a U.N. diplomat said Tuesday.
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Myanmar&#39;s military rulers should end the detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and allow her National League for Democracy to operate, the US State Department said.
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Burma's opposition says there has been no progress on dialogue with the government in the past month.
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YANGON, Myanmar - Military-ruled Myanmar will stick to its plans for gradual democratization despite the abrupt appointment of a new prime minister believed to hold a hard line in dealing with the countryâs political reform movement, Foreign Minister
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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's newly elected government will maintain a policy of noninterference in military-ruled Myanmar, the foreign minister said Thursday, adding that democracy and human rights are "domestic issues."