Yangon: Myanmar’s top military leader warned the nation Monday against an ongoing threat by “neo-colonialist” outsiders, as junta critics reiterated calls for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Yangon: Myanmar leader Thein Sein has assured leaders of five more main ethnic peace groups in northern Shan state that the government would not change its policy toward them and would continue to assist their regions’ development.
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December 4: Leaflets containing a four-page letter by National Intelligence have been distributed at some places in Rangoon, it is learnt. The letter clarified that the major players in (former Prime Minister) Gen Khin Nyunt and the
Military Intelligence’s demise were SPDC (State Peace and Development Council) Chairman Sr Gen Than Shwe and Industry-1 Minister U Aung Thaung. The letter also pointed out that (SPDC Vice Chairman) Vice Sr Gen Maung Aye had no knowledge of the matter.
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Guwahati: Despite efforts from various quarters, India has failed to explore the full potential of business in Burma. Though trade through sea routes has been encouraging, trade through land trade points between India and Burma is still low compared to China, Thailand and Bangladesh. Even
Bangladesh has captured Burmese trade through land routes.
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Bangkok: Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will travel to neighbouring Myanmar this week where he will hold talks with the isolated state’s military leader and address a Buddhist summit, officials said Monday.
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Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia said Monday that Myanmar’s democratic reforms will only be credible if opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is released but dismissed a threat by the United States to boycott ASEAN meetings over Yangon’s policies.
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Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. yesterday urged the government to block Burma’s (Myanmar) assumption of the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), a regional grouping to which the Philippines belongs, in 2006.
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December 5: Former Czech president Vaclav Havel, a world-renowned statesman, playwright and human rights activist, led his countrymen in overthrowing the communist dictatorship in 1989, a dramatic event that contributed to the collapse of other communist regimes throughout Eastern Europe. (more…)