Four held after rare Burma rally
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Four people are held by police in Rangoon after a rare demonstration over economic woes.
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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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Burma&#39;s military government began releasing almost 4,000 prisoners yesterday whose detentions were ruled irrelevant or improper, state-run radio and television said.
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Myanmar&#39;s junta freed at least two dozen members of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s political party on Friday during a mass release of 4,000 people detained &quot;inappropriately
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Close to 300 Pakistani soldiers and officers have been held captive for four days after they were seized by pro-Taliban militants.
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RANGOON, Burma -- Burma's military junta released at least 19 political prisoners yesterday, including members of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party who were among thousands of inmates whose detentions were ruled improper. Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate, remained under house arrest.
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Burma&#39;s ruling military junta is facing renewed criticism after extending the house arrest of detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
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A dissident who led the 1988 student protests in Burma is freed, as part of a release of 4,000 prisoners.
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Burma&#39;s military junta has freed prominent political prisoners during a mass release of four thousand detainees. He is a high-profile aide to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under house arrest.
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Britain's ambassador to Burma discusses the situation in Rangoon as protestors continue to defy the military junta.
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Burma&#39;s military government appears to have resumed its promised release of prisoners after a delay of several days. Journalists in Rangoon Thursday said they saw inmates being freed from the country&#39;s largest jail, Insein prison.
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One of Myanmar&#39;s best known and longest-imprisoned political dissidents has been freed as part of a general release of almost 4,000 prisoners granted by the country&#39;s ruling junta, a family member confirmed Saturday.
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Myanmar&#39;s military junta released at least 19 political prisoners Friday as part of a group of nearly 4,000 prisoners it said were wrongly charged by an intelligence agency.
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Anti-terrorist police have been given permission to hold four men arrested over an alleged plot to buy material for a &quot;dirty bomb&quot; until Friday.
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RANGOON, Burma, Nov. 25 -- Burma announced Thursday that it would release more than 5,000 prisoners, and a senior official said a top dissident who was democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's closest aide would also be freed before long.
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Burma&#39;s junta has freed at least two dozen members of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s political party during a mass release of 4,000 people detained &quot;inappropriately&quot;.
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RANGOON, Burma - The military government released 50 members of Burma's pro-democracy party on the same day it met with their leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, in a response to international pressure over the crushing of peaceful demonstrations, a party spokesman said yesterday.