Ne Win, U
(b. 1911), dictator of Myanmar. U Ne Win ruled Myanmar (Burma) from 1962, when he took power in a military coup, until his resignation as chairman of the single ruling party, the Burma Socia...
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Ne Win (born 1911) was a Burmese general and political leader who twice seized power from elected premier U Nu and ruled Burma (now Myanmar) as a repressive and isolationist socialist government until...
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To much of the world and many of their own citizens, Myanmar's military rulers are tyrants stubbornly standing in the way of democracy by refusing to hand over power to the political party of detai...
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Yangon (dpa) - Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD)
opposition party on Monday called on the ruling junta to immediately
release its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who w...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Almost 60 former world leaders and heads of state
on Tuesday issued a letter to Myanmar's junta leader urging him to
immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi, wh...
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Yangon (dpa) - Myanmar political activists on Thursday protested
the arrest of 29 "peaceful worshippers" who were praying for the
release of Nobel peace laurate Aung San Su...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Visiting Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee
was grilled Friday on his country's close relations with Myanmar's
military regime after delivering a speec...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
TURMOIL IN MYANMAR (IHT/Asahi as translated from the
Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published Sept. 27)
The world is wat...
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Yangon (dpa) - Myanmar's infatuation with astrology was confirmed
Sunday when the January issue of Gambira magazine reassured readers
that Pluto's loss of full planet status...
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Yangon (dpa) - Hundreds of former students and other opponents of
Myanmar's military dictatorship held a rare public ceremony Wednesday
in Yangon to remember their comrades ...
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Yangon (dpa) - Bus fares have doubled in Yangon in response to a
100 per cent hike in fuel prices earlier this week, and commodity
prices at markets are also on the rise, s...
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Yangon (dpa) - Myanmar authorities on Tuesday arrested six
anti-inflation protesters in an ongoing crackdown on rising civil
dissent that human rights groups said has netted...
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Ne Win, U
Ne Win
Narrow vision marks Myanmar generals
