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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Myanmar&#39;s Prime Minister Gen. Khin Nyunt, makes a point during a meeting with Singapore&#39;s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in this Sept.
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Myanmar's military government will hold a referendum on a new constitution in May this year followed by multi-party elections in 2010, the first in two decades, state television announced on Saturday.
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Myanmar announced Saturday that it was lifting a curfew imposed following a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters and ending a ban on assembly, the latest sign that the government believes it has extinguished the largest demonstrations in two decades.
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Six-nation talks on scrapping North Korea&#39;s nuclear programme are likely to resume next week, South Korea&#39;s foreign ministry said Tuesday, as disarmament efforts gathered pace after months of stalemate.
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Leaders of an Asia-Europe grouping urged  new member Myanmar on Friday to improve its rights record and  pursue democratic reforms but a final statement is unlikely to  call for the release of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
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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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Myanmar's military junta unveiled a timetable for the country's first elections in two decades, but it was unclear Sunday if detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be allowed to stand.
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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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Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung  San Suu Kyi met leaders of her National League for Democracy  party for the second time in three months on Wednesday, party  spokesman Nyan Win said.
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Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a representative of Myanmar's ruling junta Friday for the first time in nearly two months, a government official said.
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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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Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi held talks with a representative of the ruling junta for more than an hour on Thursday, state television said.
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Army-ruled Myanmar announced a commission on Thursday to draft a new constitution as part of its "roadmap to democracy" derided by critics as a sham to keep the generals in power.
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Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met a senior junta official on Friday, state media said, but it was not known what they discussed.
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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.
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Myanmar attempted to soothe UN concerns over the detention of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi after the world body's Secretary General Kofi Annan condemned the military regime over its claimed democracy drive.