Myanmar military ruler says democracy only option
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Myanmar military ruler Senior General Than Shwe told Indian leaders on Monday the junta was committed to bringing democracy, a week after ousting a fellow general credited with setting in motion a roadmap for change.
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Myanmar&#39;s top military general Than Shwe on Monday assured Indian leadership that his country would not allow its territory to be used by anti-India insurgents groups.
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New Delhi, Oct. 25: Visiting Myanmar military ruler Senior General Than Shwe today told his hosts his country will not allow its soil to be used by Northeast insurgents against Indian interests.
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San  Suu Kyi will not be allowed to take part in elections proposed  by the country's military leaders in 2010 because she had been  married to a foreigner, the Straits Times reported on  Wednesday.
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YANGON : Myanmar has pledged to adhere to its &quot;roadmap to democracy,&quot; media reported, despite the sacking and arrest of the nation&#39;s former premier who was seen as the key architect of the plan.
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The absent member will be the one holding center-stage at a meeting in Hanoi of leaders of Asia and Europe. In a hard-fought compromise, Myanmar's ruling junta will not send its government head.
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The ouster of Myanmar's prime minister,  architect of a tentative "roadmap to democracy," has dashed  faint hopes for an end to military rule and leaves Southeast  Asia's policy of constructive engagement in tatters.
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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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The EU's special envoy for Myanmar on Tuesday urged the country's military regime to free democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as he kicked off an Asian tour aimed at pressuring the junta for reform.
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Myanmar&#039;s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who turns 61 on Monday, will spend another birthday alone, under house arrest imposed by a junta that has ignored an international outcry for her freedom.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Myanmar&#39;s detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is an attempt by the ruling junta to prevent possible political violence.
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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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Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is unsatisfied with the progress of her meetings with a representative of Myanmar's military junta and cautions the public to "hope for the best and prepare for the worst," a member of her political party said Wednesday.
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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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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 country's political reform movement, Foreign Minister Nyan Win said Thursday.
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VIENTIANE, Laos Thailand told Myanmar on Tuesday that it must take real steps toward democracy in the coming year but failed to get any clarification from the junta on reports that the house arrest of the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been
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Myanmar&#039;s military rulers extended the house arrest of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, defying an international outcry demanding her freedom and dashing the hopes of her supporters.