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Topic: Than Shwe
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Defector: Myanmar leader ordered massacres

LONDON, June 7 (UPI) -- A Myanmar defector says Than Shwe, leader of the country's military junta, personally ordered the massacre of 81 unarmed civilians in 1998.

Aid workers face restrictions in Myanmar

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar, May 29 (UPI) -- Officials in Myanmar have been issuing visas to relief workers, but are not granting workers access to areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis this month, groups say.

Myanmar storm aid logjam breaking?

YANGON, Myanmar, May 27 (UPI) -- Relief agencies say they are starting to get more personnel into Myanmar nearly a month after a cyclone left some 135,000 people dead or missing.

Myanmar leader agrees to allow aid workers

YANGON, Myanmar, May 23 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon prevailed on Myanmar military leader Gen. Than Shwe Friday to let foreign workers in the country for cyclone relief work.
U.N. head arrives in Yangon

U.N. head arrives in Yangon

YANGON, Myanmar, May 22 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday complained to military leaders in cyclone-hit Myanmar that foreign relief workers have been kept out.

U.N. chief en route to Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar, May 21 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, en route to Myanmar, said Wednesday that aid to the stricken country "should not be politicized."

U.S. levels more sanctions against Myanmar

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The United States has leveled additional sanctions against Myanmar's leaders for their "unacceptable" actions that thwart democracy, the White House said.

Myanmar poet arrested

YONGON, Myanmar, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Myanmar's military junta has reportedly arrested a noted poet for a love verse that allegedly contained a hidden message against the junta's leader.

Myanmar regime celebrates independence

YANGON, Myanmar, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Riot police turned out in force as Myanmar's military regime marked 60 years of independence from Britain.

Laura Bush condemns Myanmar military junta

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. first lady Laura Bush used the 60th anniversary of Myanmar's independence Friday to condemn the country's military junta for its abuse of human rights.
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