West seeks U.N. sanctions on Myanmar
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The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday urged Myanmar to admit a top U.N. envoy immediately, but China immediately ruled out calls for sanctions or a U.N. condemnation of the ruling junta's use of force.
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Actors and musicians including Tim Robbins and Peter Gabriel called on the U.N. Security Council Friday to approve its first resolution on Myanmar, whose military regime has waged a brutal offensive against ethnic minorities.
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President George W. Bush, who is to announce more U.S. sanctions against Myanmar on Friday, will call on China and India to take more action to pressure that Asian country, the White House said.
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The U.N. Security Council  upbraided Myanmar on Thursday for slow progress on democratic  reforms as the world body's special envoy said the junta there  was trying to delay his next visit until April.
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Myanmar attempted to soothe UN concerns over the detention of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi after the world body's Secretary General Kofi Annan condemned the military regime over its claimed democracy drive.
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A top U.S. official pressed senior representatives of Myanmar's military regime to free imprisoned Nobel laureate and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a rare meeting, the State Department said Thursday.
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A U.N. envoy said on Thursday he would press China to lean harder on Myanmar's junta to open dialogue with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi following last month's brutal crackdown on democracy protests.
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U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday demanded the immediate release of Myanmar activists detained by the army and called on the ruling junta to stop "assaulting pro-democracy activists".
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Military-ruled Myanmar said a UN resolution against the junta would &quot;destroy the peace&quot; and accused the Security Council of trying to interfere in its domestic affairs.
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The EU's special envoy for Myanmar on Friday called for UN mediator Ibrahim Gambari to be allowed to make another visit as soon as possible, with the release of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as a top priority.
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The United Nations expert on human rights in Myanmar said on Monday he would visit the reclusive military-ruled Asian country next month to look into its fierce crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
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Altsean-Burma (Alternative Asean Network on Burma) calls upon the international community to urgently demand access to detained NLD leaders, especially Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, to ensure that they are safe and sound.
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The U.N. Security Council urged Myanmar's military government on Wednesday to exercise restraint toward peaceful protesters and expressed concern at its violent response to demonstrations in the reclusive Asian nation.
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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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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 -- President Bush announced new sanctions against the military government of Burma Tuesday, figuratively joining hands with tens of thousands of protesters in the streets of Rangoon and challenging the United Nations to join him in a broader "mission of liberation."
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President George W. Bush will announce further sanctions against Myanmar's military rulers on Friday and will call on India and China to do more to pressure the country to end its repression of pro-democracy protesters, the White House said.
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The European Union ramped up sanctions against Myanmar after the military-ruled state failed to meet key demands on human rights, including the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.