Burma junta fires prime minister
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Jakarta, Indonesia -- The ruling military junta in Burma has fired Prime Minister Khin Nyunt, a man whom foreign officials had seen as the best hope for returning the country to democracy.
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Myanmar's tough but pragmatic prime minister was sacked Tuesday by his hard-line army colleagues, clouding prospects for the freedom of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and for democracy in the military-led Southeast Asian nation.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- In the dead of night and without firing a shot, Thailand's military overthrew popularly elected Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday after mounting criticism that he had undermined democracy.
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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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Burma&#39;s secretive military regime has forced out its prime minister, General Khin Nyunt, according to officials in neighbouring Thailand.
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Bangkok - Myanmar&#39;s prime minister has been ousted and put under house arrest after a lengthy power struggle that has tightened the grip of hardliners in the military government, Thai officials and diplomats said on Tuesday.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra declares a state of emergency in Bangkok amid rumours of a coup.
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A senior figure in the Burmese military is appointed to replace Khin Nyunt, the country's state media reports.
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MYANMAR&#39;S military junta yesterday dismissed the Foreign Minister and his deputy in an unexpected Cabinet reshuffle that saw two other ministers also fired.
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The Thai army declared martial law   nationwide in the early hours of Wednesday after a coup to   dismiss Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a coup spokesman   said in a televised address.
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New Delhi : Burma military government has reshuffled its cabinet as 15th time on the day of the 16th anniversary of military coup.
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General Khin Nyunt has been ousted as the Prime Minister of military-ruled Burma and is under house arrest, a Thai Government spokesman has said.
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Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has resigned as head of his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party, triggering the dissolution of its entire executive in the wake of last month's military coup, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Myanmar's secretive military regime has forced out its prime minister, the long-powerful Gen. Khin Nyunt, and placed him under house arrest on corruption charges, the leader of neighboring Thailand said Tuesday.
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Burmese PM Khin Nyunt, who was dismissed last month, threatened army unity, a top military official says.
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BANGKOK, Thailand  - Khin Nyunt has been sacked as  prime minister of military-ruled Myanmar amid allegations of  corruption and placed under house arrest, a Thai government  spokesman said on Tuesday.
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State of emergency declared in Bangkok while tanks surround Prime Minister's office; King declared head of state