New Myanmar PM directly behind attack on Aung San Suu Kyi: US
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WASHINGTON : The new prime minister of military-ruled Myanmar was directly behind an attack on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her convoy last year, the United States charged.
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Myanmar's military junta singled out the  United States and Japan for criticism on Tuesday over a United  Nations decision to put it on the list of countries deemed a  threat to international peace and security.
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The United States and the European Union have led international condemnation of Myanmar&#39;s decision to extend the detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, calling for her immediate release.
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BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar's secretive military regime has forced out its prime minister, seen as a relative pragmatist, and replaced him with a general who has taken a hard line in dealing with the country's pro-democracy movement.    Myanmar's state radio and television announced Tuesday that Prime Minister Gen...
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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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President George W. Bush announced further U.S. sanctions against Myanmar's military rulers on Friday, saying they had continued to defy international demands to "stop their vicious persecution."
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The new prime minister of military-ruled Myanmar was directly behind an attack on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her convoy last year, the United States charged amid calls for UN Security Council action against the Southeast Asian nation.
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The United States on Monday accused  Myanmar's military rulers of planning a sham referendum in a  "pervasive climate of fear" but the United Nations reacted more  cautiously to the junta's surprise election pledge.
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The US House of Representatives passed a resolution calling on the United Nations Security Council to take immediate action to restore democracy and the rule of law in military-ruled Myanmar.
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President Bush will announce additional sanctions on Friday against Myanmar, where the military-run government has conducted a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken to a government guesthouse where she is believed to have met a senior junta official, witnesses said.
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The White House demanded that Myanmar military authorities "immediately and unconditionally" release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and condemned her extended house arrest.
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Myanmar&#39;s Prime Minister Gen. Khin Nyunt is seen in this photo taken in June 2001 in Yangon, Myanmar. Thailand&#39;s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is in the town of Mae Sot near the Myanmar border for a special Cabinet meeting, said Tuesday, Oct.
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YANGON - Myanmar (Burmese) Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt has been placed under âprotective custodyâ in what appears to be a purge of the countryâs much-feared Military Intelligence (MI), military sources said on Tuesday.
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The United States on Monday urged Thailand's new stop-gap prime minister, retired Gen. Surayud Chulanont, to work for an early return to democratic rule after last month's bloodless military coup.
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&#39;BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct. 19 - The military government of Myanmar on Tuesday announced the dismissal of the prime minister, Khin Nyunt, who had publicly been pulling in a more liberal direction than the other generals in the country&#39;s ruling clique.
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Military-ruled Myanmar remains committed to its &quot;road map&quot; to democracy despite drastic changes in the country&#39;s leadership, its foreign minister said Friday, but sidestepped questions on when pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be freed.