Myanmar junta to hold elections in 2010
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Myanmar's military government will hold a referendum on a new constitution in May this year followed by multi-party elections in 2010, the first in two decades, state television announced on Saturday.
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Army-ruled Myanmar announced a commission on Thursday to draft a new constitution as part of its "roadmap to democracy" derided by critics as a sham to keep the generals in power.
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Thailand's post-coup leadership says it may hold promised general elections in November, earlier than planned.
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Myanmar will finish its new constitution this year, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said, quoting his Myanmar counterpart Nyan Win following a meeting here between them.
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KUALA LUMPUR: ASEAN should deny Myanmar the chairmanship of the regional grouping in 2006 if the military-run state fails to show tangible proof that it is moving towards democracy, regional lawmakers and activists said on Saturday.
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Confronted by a military junta willing to pull the trigger, Buddhist monks and democracy activists in Myanmar face long odds in trying to uproot an institution that has wielded absolute power for 45 years.
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Nepal's ruling coalition announces that elections to a special assembly which will write a new constitution will be held in  November.
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Military-run Myanmar put on a show of defiance Friday on the 60th anniversary of independence from Britain amid global pressure for reform following the junta's bloody crackdown on dissent.
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Myanmar's junta held nearly 1,200 political prisoners before a crackdown on Buddhist monk-led street protests last month, according to a report by the U.N.'s independent expert on human rights in Myanmar.
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As promised, the generals who seized power 15 months ago in a coup are holding an election on Sunday to hand Thailand back to a civilian government.
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Myanmar's military government will resume a convention to draft the country's new constitution on Oct. 10, an Information Ministry official said Saturday.
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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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Myanmar's military government has agreed to bring forward a visit by U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari, who now expects to go there in the first week of November, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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Myanmar's military junta unveiled a timetable for the country's first elections in two decades, but it was unclear Sunday if detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be allowed to stand.
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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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BANGKOK, Jan. 31 -- The leader of Thailand's ruling military junta vowed Wednesday to hold democratic elections before the end of the year, saying the army would immediately hand over control to a civilian government following the inauguration of a new prime minister.
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Burma's military junta says it is ready to "take action" against monks in mounting protests, state media report.