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• Burmese Leader Says He Would Meet Detained Laureate, With Preconditions

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

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  RANGOON, Burma, Oct. 4 -- The head of Burma's military junta told a U.N. envoy this week that he is willing to meet with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for the first time, but only with certain preconditions, state media reported Thursday.

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• WORLD IN BRIEF

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: World, Brief, United States, Aung San Suu Kyi, Baghdad, Mario Uribe, Robert Gates, Ethiopia, Spain, United Nations, Andrea Santoro, Black Sea, Ibrahim Gambari, Marwan Jbara, Santiago, Tal Afar, Than Shwe, Trabzon, Al Qaeda In Iraq, Austria, Austrian Ministry Of Justice

  The head of Burma's military junta told a U.N. envoy this week that he is willing to meet with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for the first time, but only under certain conditions, state radio and television reported Thursday.

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• Security Council Issues Its First Official Censure of Burmese Junta

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

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  UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 11 -- The U.N. Security Council on Thursday issued its first formal censure of Burma's military rulers, saying it "strongly deplores" the junta's recent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators who flooded into the streets of Rangoon and other cities last month in a protest over fuel...

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• Bush Sets New Sanctions Against Burmese Military Junta

  Published: October 20, 2007, 12:00 am

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  President Bush yesterday ratcheted up pressure on the military junta in Burma in response to its violent crackdown on democracy protests, imposing a new round of sanctions and calling on China, India and other regional powers to help force the ruling generals to "stop their vicious persecution."

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• Citizens Wait, Worry in Junta's Climate of Fear

  Published: October 24, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Citizens, Wait, Worry, Junta S, Climate, Fear, Yangon, Myanmar, Mandalay, United Nations, Asia, Aung San Suu Kyi, Ibrahim Gambari, Shwedagon Pagoda, Sule Pagoda, Than Shwe, Voice Of America

  RANGOON, Burma, Oct. 23 -- She does not know if the police have her picture. But that uncertainty has not eased her fear.

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• Citizens Wait, Worry in Junta's Climate of Fear

  Published: October 24, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Citizens, Wait, Worry, Junta S, Climate, Fear, Yangon, Myanmar, Mandalay, United Nations, Asia, Aung San Suu Kyi, Ibrahim Gambari, Shwedagon Pagoda, Sule Pagoda, Than Shwe, Voice Of America

  RANGOON, Burma, Oct. 23 -- She does not know if the police have her picture. But that uncertainty has not eased her fear.

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• Unity Lacking On Diplomatic Approach to Burma's Junta

  Published: October 25, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Unity, Lacking, Diplomatic, Approach, Burma S, Junta, Myanmar, Association Of Southeast Asian Nations, China, Thailand, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bertil Lintner, Ibrahim Gambari, United Nations, Debbie Stothard, Than Shwe, Yangon, Assistance Association For Political Prison

  BANGKOK, Oct. 24 -- While activists focus on increasing pressure on Burma's military leaders to open a dialogue with the country's pro-democracy activists, diplomatic consensus is eroding on what steps to take next.

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• WORLD IN BRIEF

  Published: October 27, 2007, 12:00 am

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  The military government released 50 members of Burma's pro-democracy party on the same day its representative met with their leader in a response to international pressure over the crushing of peaceful demonstrations, a party spokesman said Friday.

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• Burma Expels U.N. Envoy Who Backed Pro-Democracy Protests

  Published: November 3, 2007, 12:00 am

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  UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 2 -- Burma's military government Friday ordered the expulsion of the top U.N. representative in the country, Charles Petrie, expressing anger over his public endorsement of the country's pro-democracy protests.

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• Fearing Eruption, Villagers Flee From Volcano

  Published: November 4, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Fearing, Eruption, Villagers, Flee, From, Volcano, Al Qaeda, Ibrahim Gambari, Mikhail Saakashvili, Afghanistan, United Nations, Angela Merkel, Ayman Al Zawahiri, Moammar Gadhafi, Tbilisi, European Union, Germany, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Mexico, Myanmar, United States

  Thousands of opposition activists jammed the streets of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on Saturday for a second day of protests, demanding President Mikheil Saakashvili's resignation and earlier parliamentary elections.

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• Burmese Opposition Leader Cites Progress in Talks

  Published: November 9, 2007, 12:00 am

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  UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 8 -- In a rare public statement, Burma's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday that an initial round of talks with Burma's ruling military has made progress and that she looks forward to regular meetings with a government envoy to press for greater political...

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• Burmese Opposition Leader 'Optimistic' About Possible Talks With Junta, Party Says

  Published: November 10, 2007, 12:00 am

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  RANGOON, Burma, Nov. 9 -- Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, meeting with executives of her party for the first time in three years, told them Friday she is "very optimistic" about the U.N.-promoted effort to start talks between the military government and pro-democracy forces, her party...

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• Burmese Authorities Arrest Two Prominent Dissidents

  Published: November 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Burmese, Authorities, Arrest, Two, Prominent, Dissidents, Ibrahim Gambari, Myanmar, United Nations, Yangon, Aung San Suu Kyi, Charles Petrie, The Washington Post Company, Colum Lynch, Kenji Nagai, Mandalay, Than Shwe, Zalmay Khalilzad, International Labour Organization, Mcg

  Two prominent Burmese dissidents have been detained, exiled activists said yesterday, as the military government continues to hunt down and arrest dissident monks and other organizers of September's pro-democracy demonstrations.

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