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 Burma
sometimes called:
Myanmar
World Factbook
Note on Burma v. Myanmar country name:
"Since 1989 the military authorities in Burma have promoted the name Myanmar
as a conventional name for their state; this decision was not approved
by any sitting legislature in Burma, and the US Government did not adopt
the name, which is a derivative of the Burmese short-form name Myanma Naingngandaw"
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 Aung
San Suu Kyi
SUU KYI News:
20060527
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Burma
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 Military
-  Law
- Prison
- Aung
San Suu Kyi
-  UN
- "Myanmar
Extends Suu Kyi's Arrest." ... "The Myanmar government
today extended the house arrest of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi despite intense international pressure and a personal
appeal from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan." ... "Suu Kyi, who advocates
peaceful change to bring democracy to the country, has been detained for
more than 10 of the last 17 years. She was last arrested three years ago
after her motorcade was attacked in an apparent attempt to assassinate
her." ... "Her detention had been due to expire today. For many, Suu Kyi
embodies the democracy movement in Myanmar, also known as Burma, and the
decision of the military regime to detain her for an additional period
of at least six months was a major setback for the opposition." -By
Richard C. Paddock -LAtimes
20030723
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Burma
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- "Free
Suu Kyi now." ... "Burma's military junta is refusing
to free Aung San Suu Kyi, the popular politician and Nobel Peace Prize
winner ambushed and arrested by the regime's thugs at the end of May. Outraged
western governments are threatening sanctions. Asian leaders say sanctions
might backfire; they want discreet talks with Burma's generals and some
even want Burma included in future Asia-Europe meetings." ... "So far,
so normal. Fortunately, there is a chance of a diplomatic denouement very
different from the usual slanging match between east and west." ... "One
reason for optimism is that not all Asian countries are playing their usual
roles. Japan has suspended new aid for Burma following the latest arrest
of Ms Suu Kyi. Malaysia, more surprisingly, has also lost patience with
the regime in Rangoon." -FT.com
20030705
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Burma
- "Suu
Kyi assault was carried out by hired thugs:
Democracy League leaders in hiding after giving eyewitness account to Thai
senate committee." ... "People's skulls were crushed with wooden clubs
and metal spikes, defenceless women stripped and beaten and people were
pulled off motorbikes and hit repeatedly with bamboo poles in the premeditated
assault on May 30, Wunna Maung and Khin Zaw said [both are National League
for Democracy members]." -By John Aglionby
-Guardian.co.uk
20030705
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Burma
- "Dissidents
tell of 'murderous' attack on Suu Kyi: Men
were traveling with Burma activist." ... "Screaming ''die! die!'' a drunken
mob of about 3,000 people -- some dressed as monks -- quickly surrounded
Aung San Suu Kyi's convoy, stripping the clothes off supporters and beating
them mercilessly with bats, rods and spears, Burmese dissidents testified
yesterday." ... "The testimony by witnesses U Khin Zaw and Wunna Maung
before a Thai Senate panel was the most comprehensive and detailed yet
on the May 30 violence that led to the Nobel laureate's arrest and the
Burmese government's crackdown on her pro-democracy party. Their statements
also lend credibility to opposition claims that up to 70 people were killed."
-By Vijay Joshi -AP
via -Boston/Globe
20030705
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Burma
- "Myanmar
Papers Run Photos of Suu Kyi with Junta." ... "State-run
newspapers in military-ruled Myanmar ran a photograph on Saturday of detained
pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi shaking hands with the junta's leader,
but also carried a commentary criticizing her." ... "The newspapers, which
have not run a photograph focusing on Suu Kyi since the mid-1990s, ran
the picture on their front pages but gave no indication when the photograph
was taken." -Reuters
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