Yangon, Myanmar: A U.N. envoy hoping to broker talks on political reform in military-ruled Myanmar might not get to talk with the top junta leader because of the regime’s ongoing rift with the United Nations, diplomats said. (more…)

Around fifty monks staged a protest in Mogok on Saturday – only the second since the Burmese authorities suppressed widespread demonstrations in September.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/burmese/news/story/2004/12/041201_sunday_evening.shtml

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BURMA’S RULING generals yesterday ordered the expulsion of a senior United Nations official, again demonstrating their contempt for international opinion. The official had expressed mild criticism of the regime, which was too much for the paranoid leaders of the Southeast Asian nation. That does not mean, however, that they are impervious to influence.
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Internet links are still cut-off in Burma today. The link was severed after monks in Pakokku renewed their peaceful protest [on 1 November]. (more…)

Charles Petrie, the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations to Burma, has been expelled from Burma by the military government in a move that reflects the junta’s displeasure with Petrie’s comments in support of the peaceful demonstrations that followed the sudden hike in fuel prices in Burma in August.
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UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari held talks with two Burmese ministers Sunday but the expulsion of the UN’s top official in Burma may make it difficult for him to meet the junta’s chief, diplomats said. (more…)

The main opposition party, the National League for Democracy, is concerned that the Burmese military government’s expulsion of the top UN official in the country could seriously impact the political process mediated by the governing world body, said an NLD spokesperson. (more…)