Yangon assures turning off NE terror tap
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NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 25: Stopping short of a commitment on joint operations to weed out North-East insurgent camps from its territory, Myanmar today indicated it was more in favour of a ââco-ordinated approachââ through which specific information
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Foreign diplomats and top Nigerian officials will no longer be exempt from security searches before they board flights at Nigeria's airports, Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode said.
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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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Myanmar's junta sent armed police to ring key Buddhist sites on Friday, the end of an annual period of monastic retreat, to prevent any resurgence of last month's monk-led protests, the biggest uprising in two decades.
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Soldiers fired warning shots Thursday above an estimated crowd of 70,000 anti-government demonstrators defying a crackdown that has drawn international appeals for restraint by Myanmar's ruling junta.
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The grind of everyday life, fear of being beaten up and a lack of belief in people power as a weapon against a ruthless military junta suggest a string of protests in Myanmar will not snowball into a mass uprising.
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Thousands of protesters emptied the streets of downtown Yangon on Thursday after Myanmar&#39;s soldiers issued an ultimatum threatening &quot;extreme action&quot; unless the crowd dispersed, witnesses said.
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YANGON, Myanmar  -- Myanmar announced Saturday that it was lifting a curfew and ending a ban on assembly imposed after a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the latest sign that the government believes it has extinguished the largest demonstrations in decades.
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Organisations in the restive Manipur on Saturday called off their month-long shutdown to press the demand for the withdrawal of a controversial anti-terror law.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. BANGKOK, Thailand -- The sacking of Myanmar&#39;s prime minister prompted concern among the country&#39;s neighbors
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Myanmar's military junta lifted a curfew in the country's main city Yangon on Saturday which was imposed last month after mass protests that prompted a crackdown.
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Myanmar&#39;s extension of house arrest for democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been condemned by rights groups and the United States, but drew no rebuke from neighbours.
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A week after Myanmar&#39;s junta cracked down on peaceful protests against soaring fuel costs here, residents now live in fear, with few daring to venture out into a city swarming with plainclothes police.
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has brushed off a report from a top UN official that the impoverished southeast Asia nation could become a &quot;breeding ground for terrorism&quot; unless it tightens up defences.
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Crowds taunted soldiers and police who barricaded central Yangon on Friday to prevent more mass protests against Myanmar's 45 years of military rule and deepening economic hardship.
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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.
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South-east Asian govern-ments yesterday abandoned attempts to censure Burma publicly for its human rights abuses, with officials admitting in private that they