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Scores feared dead in Myanmar ferry crash: officials

AFP - Tuesday, November 17 10:23 am

YANGON (AFP) - At least 50 people are feared dead after a packed passenger ferry crashed into an oil barge in an area of Myanmar that was hit by a devastating cyclone last year, local officials said on Tuesday. More »

Guarded hope as Obama engages Myanmar
AFP - Monday, November 16 09:02 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Supporters of Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi voiced guarded hope after US President Barack Obama raised her case directly with the junta, but some accused Southeast Asian leaders of undercutting his message. More »
Obama Urges Burma To Free Opposition Leader
SkyNews - Sunday, November 15 06:45 pm
US President Barack Obama has called for the release of Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a meeting with the country's prime minister. More »
Release Suu Kyi, Obama tells Myanmar PM
AFP - Sunday, November 15 10:07 am
SINGAPORE (AFP) - US President Barack Obama used a landmark encounter with the prime minister of military-run Myanmar on Sunday to demand freedom for detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. More »
Obama tells Myanmar PM: Release Suu Kyi
AFP - Sunday, November 15 09:29 am
SINGAPORE (AFP) - US President Barack Obama pressed Sunday for Myanmar's military junta to release democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, during a landmark encounter with the regime's prime minister, the White House said. More »
Myanmar's Suu Kyi optimistic after U.S. visit
Reuters - Monday, November 9 11:12 am
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, expressed hope on Monday that U.S. engagement with the county's military rulers could spur democratic reforms, her lawyer said. 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 »