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YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Western countries should engage the new regime in Myanmar to encourage it to continue with reforms, Think tank International Crisis Group said.
NEW YORK, March 31 (UPI) -- Myanmar authorities must show their latest transfer of power is a genuine move away from military rule, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar, March 30 (UPI) -- Myanmar moved a top army chief into the top leadership position, though a shadow government is made up of junta rulers, opposition voices said.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Myanmar's Parliament elected Gen. Thein Sein as president Friday -- an expected move from a body dominated by supporters of the country's military junta.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Myanmar's new Parliament nominated five lawmakers to vie for president of the military-controlled country but the list did not include top Gen. Than Shwe.
RANGOON, Myanmar, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Myanmar lawmakers, who took office this week, signaled they weren't keen to put junta leader Gen. Than Shwe in the role of the president.
YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Myanmar's top junta chief remains in control, despite rumours he had stepped down ahead of the controversial November election, the first in nearly 20 years.
YANGON, Myanmar, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A message regarding a top military leader in Myanmar dismisses reports of a military shake-up ahead of a national vote, local newspapers claim.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. government signaled support for creating a U.N. commission of inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Myanmar, officials said.
NEW DELHI, July 26 (UPI) -- Myanmar's junta chief has begun a five-day "religious" visit to India, the first trip to the sub-continent for Sen. Gen. Than Shwe since 2004.
