Bush announces new sanctions on Myanmar's rulers
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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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President Bush said yesterday that the administration will press the United Nations to adopt new, expanded sanctions against Iran, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran would "never retreat even one step" from its nuclear enrichment program.
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President Bush on Thursday punished two perennial adversaries Â Myanmar and Cuba Â for alleged "human trafficking," the forced labor and prostitution that the United States calls a modern-day form of slavery.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday criticized Myanmar's military junta for arresting dissidents who participated in recent protests and called for their immediate release.
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Military-run Myanmar claimed Friday it was taking another step on its "road map" to democracy by drafting a new charter, and accused the United States of training monks who led protests last month.
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U.S. President George W. Bush called on Friday for China to allow more freedoms ahead of the 2008 Olympics and denounced Myanmar's ruling junta for assaulting and detaining activists.
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President Bush condemns the arrest of dozens of Burmese dissidents protesting against a fuel price rise.
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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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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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WASHINGTON - President Bush expanded US sanctions against Burma's rulers yesterday, accusing them of "vicious persecution" of democracy protesters, and urged China and India to step up pressure on their neighbor.
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President Bush is to announce sanctions on Burma's military junta, as tensions rise on the streets of Rangoon.
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President George W. Bush Tuesday tightened US sanctions on Sudan over &quot;genocide&quot; in Darfur and pushed for a tough new UN Security Council resolution to punish Khartoum for the bloody crisis.
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The leader of US Senate Republicans on Thursday warned Myanmar that the wider world, and its southeast Asian neighbors, were becoming increasingly &quot;outraged&quot; with its suppression of democracy.
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In response, the Bush administration immediately pressed for more severe sanctions against the country.
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President Bush will announce additional sanctions on Friday against Burma, where the military-run government has conducted a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters
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The Bush administration urged the Myanmar government on Thursday to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest, saying a failure to do so would represent "unacceptable backtracking."
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US President George W. Bush likely will cancel a summit he was planning with Southeast Asian leaders, following Myanmar's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests, ASEAN diplomats said here Sunday.