Burma to free top political figure:
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[World News]: Yangon, Nov. 25 : Burma&#39;s military junta has told the British Television that high-profile political prisoner Win Tin is due to be freed from prison.
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Win Tin, one of Myanmar's best-known journalists and a key opposition figure, was released from prison with several other members of the pro-democracy movement, a party source has told AFP.
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Myanmar&#39;s ruling generals have freed their second most prominent political prisoner, Min Ko Naing, leader of the 1988 student democracy protests, a source close to his family said on Saturday.
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Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Khin Nyunt was forced to resign and has been placed under house arrest on corruption charges, a Thai government spokesman said Tuesday.
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Burma&#39;s military government appears to have stopped releasing thousands of prisoners it pledged to free less than a week ago. Relatives of hundreds of political prisoners say there have been no new releases since Saturday.
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RANGOON, Burma -- Burma's military junta released at least 19 political prisoners yesterday, including members of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party who were among thousands of inmates whose detentions were ruled improper. Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate, remained under house arrest.
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Two senior pro-democracy leaders jailed  in 1995 for distributing anti-government pamphlets were freed  in military-ruled Myanmar on Sunday, part of the junta's latest  release of more than 5,000 prisoners.
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MAE SOT, Thailand  - Khin Nyunt has been ousted as  prime minister of military-ruled Myanmar and is under house  arrest, a Thai government spokesman said on Tuesday.
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BURMA&#39;S military junta is going ahead with its promised mass release of prisoners and a top dissident who was democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s closest aide will be among them, a senior official said today.
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Yangon, Nov. 20: Myanmar&#39;s Military Government has freed the country&#39;s second most prominent political prisoner, student democracy leader Min Ko Naing, an Opposition party spokesman said today.
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Burma's military leaders release nearly 4,000 prisoners ruled to have been jailed using "irregular" means.
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Myanmar's military rulers will keep  opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi isolated under house arrest  until at least Nov. 27 next year, her National League for  Democracy (NLD) said on Wednesday.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - Myanmar&#39;s secretive military regime has forced out its prime minister and placed him under house arrest, a move that could be seen as a victory for conservatives.
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RANGOON, Burma, May 25 -- Burma's military government on Friday extended the house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi for another year, defying an outpouring of international appeals for the Nobel Peace Prize winner's freedom.
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YANGON, Myanmar Win Tin, a prominent journalist who is an aide to the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, was reported to be among the 4,000 people freed Friday by the junta, which said they had been arrested &quot;inappropriately&quot; by the dismantled
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One of Myanmar&#39;s best known and longest-imprisoned political dissidents has been freed as part of a general release of almost 4,000 prisoners granted by the country&#39;s ruling junta, a family member confirmed Saturday.
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Several members of Burma's opposition NLD are freed from jail in a move linked to a  power struggle in the military.