West seeks U.N. sanctions on Myanmar
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The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday urged Myanmar to admit a top U.N. envoy immediately, but China immediately ruled out calls for sanctions or a U.N. condemnation of the ruling junta's use of force.
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President Bush yesterday ratcheted up pressure on the military junta in Burma in response to its violent crackdown on democracy protests, imposing a new round of sanctions and calling on China, India and other regional powers to help force the ruling generals to "stop their vicious persecution."
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President Bush told the U.N. General Assembly today  that the U.S. will tighten existing economic sanctions on Myanmar, citing a series of "the most egregious violations of human rights."
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Britain's foreign policy chief stressed human rights over military might Tuesday, calling on the West to understand Muslims who fear the United States and urging Myanmar's military rulers to show restraint in the face of massive street demonstrations.
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The German presidency of the EU on Wednesday called on Myanmar to release iconic democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi as the country&#39;s military junta prepares to review her detention this weekend.
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Military-ruled Myanmar said a UN resolution against the junta would &quot;destroy the peace&quot; and accused the Security Council of trying to interfere in its domestic affairs.
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The European Union is to tighten sanctions against Myanmar after seeing no &quot;positive development&quot; on a list of demands on human rights and democracy, the EU Dutch presidency said.
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HARBIN, China - China and Russia urged Burma's military rulers to talk with the country's opposition but said yesterday that they opposed any UN sanctions against the junta.
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President Bush on Friday set new sanctions against members of Myanmar's military junta and their associates in response to the junta's violent crackdown on democracy protesters.
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The United States demanded on Tuesday that Myanmar let humanitarian groups visit people arrested in recent protests against fuel price increases, citing unspecified reports they have been brutally beaten.
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The European Union urged Indonesia and other Asian partners to pressure Myanmar to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and introduce democratic reforms.
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President George W. Bush will announce further sanctions against Myanmar's military rulers on Friday and will call on India and China to do more to pressure the country to end its repression of pro-democracy protesters, the White House said.
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U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday demanded the immediate release of Myanmar activists and called on the ruling junta to stop "assaulting pro-democracy activists.
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The United States has moved to put the issue of political repression and human rights abuses in Myanmar formally on the agenda of the Security Council this month, its ambassador to the UN said.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 -- President Bush announced new sanctions against the military government of Burma Tuesday, figuratively joining hands with tens of thousands of protesters in the streets of Rangoon and challenging the United Nations to join him in a broader "mission of liberation."
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The United States is pressing for international action over Myanmar&#39;s military junta crackdown on peaceful protests but is expected to again face opposition from China and Russia.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for Myanmar&#39;s opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi to be released from house arrest.