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Myanmar vote plan clouds new US dialogue

AFP - Friday, November 6 07:25 am

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US envoys who paid a rare visit to Myanmar say the new dialogue will be slow and cautious, but the junta's plans to hold 2010 elections are casting a shadow that could disrupt the delicate process. More »

US ready to improve Myanmar ties: envoy
AFP - Thursday, November 5 02:40 pm
BANGKOK (AFP) - Washington is ready to boost ties with Myanmar but will not lift sanctions until there is progress on democracy, a US diplomat said Thursday after the highest-level talks with the ruling junta in years. More »
Q+A - How will elections work in army-ruled Myanmar?
Reuters - Thursday, November 5 08:43 am
BANGKOK (Reuters) - In 2010 military-ruled Myanmar will hold its first parliamentary election in two decades, the final step in what the generals call a "road map" to democracy. More »
SCENARIOS - Myanmar's uncertain post-election future
Reuters - Thursday, November 5 08:43 am
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Next year military-ruled Myanmar will hold its first democratic election in two decades, polls that critics say will be a sham resulting in no significant transfer of power to a civilian government. More »
US envoy in landmark talks with Suu Kyi
AFP - Wednesday, November 4 10:02 pm
YANGON (AFP) - A top US official held talks with Aung San Suu Kyi Wednesday as Myanmar's ruling junta gave the democracy icon a rare break from house arrest during Washington's highest-level visit here in 14 years. More »
US envoy in rare talks with Suu Kyi, Myanmar PM
AFP - Wednesday, November 4 01:24 pm
YANGON (AFP) - The most senior US official to visit Myanmar for 14 years held talks with pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday after the ruling junta granted the Nobel laureate a rare break from detention. More »
US envoys in historic meeting with Myanmar PM
AFP - Wednesday, November 4 03:29 am
YANGON (AFP) - The most senior US official to visit Myanmar for nearly a decade and a half met the military-led nation's prime minister Wednesday as Washington seeks to improve ties with the ruling junta. More »
US envoys hold rare meeting with Myanmar PM: official
AFP - Wednesday, November 4 02:53 am
YANGON (AFP) - The highest-level US officials to visit Myanmar in 14 years held talks Wednesday with the military-ruled country's prime minister, Thein Sein, a Myanmar official said. More »
US envoys to meet Myanmar PM
AFP - Wednesday, November 4 12:35 am
YANGON (AFP) - The most senior US official to visit Myanmar for nearly a decade and a half was due to meet the military-ruled nation's prime minister Wednesday as Washington seeks to improve ties with the ruling junta. More »