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The conditions set by Burma's opposition National League for Democracy for its participation in the election planned for 2010 won the support of around 400 participants in a symposium in Tokyo on Monday.

The UN labor agency has criticized Burma for failing to abolish forced labor more than a decade after the global body first took up the issue with the Southeast Asian country, officials said Friday.

After decades of military rule, many Burmese are no longer aware that their country had one of the most progressive judicial systems in the region after independence in 1948.

Passing a resolution on Burma in an international forum is an annual routine practice, which can embarrass the ruling military junta but as that cannot make a change in the country it does not impress the severely oppressed people of Burma.

GENEVA: A UN commission issued a resolution on Thursday expressing 'grave concern' over widespread rights abuses in Myanmar and detention of political prisoners including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The United States said on Thursday it was pleased by Myanmar's willingness to carry out UN sanctions on North Korea but said better ties hinged on its treatment of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Malalai Joya, a former MP from Afghanistan, poses for a portrait in Toronto. In Afghanistan ruling politicians have publicly called Malalai Joya a "prostitute," "infidel," "traitor" and "communist." Some, whom she calls "criminals," "killers," "warlords" and "mafia drug lords," have threatened to rape her and, on four occasions, tried to kill her.

The Obama Administration said that it is hopeful recent developments in Burma would lead to dialogue between the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the Burmese military junta.

Earlier this year a woman passes a banner calling for the release of Myanmar opposition icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spent most of the past 20 years in detention at the behest of the countrya TMs ruling military junta.

Calls from the French foreign ministry to release Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi have been welcomed by campaigners in France who say that Western engagement with the regime is long overdue.

A key United Nations committee is strongly condemning human rights violations in Myanmar and urging the government to release of all political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi.

A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Myanmar on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two Asian countries.

The meeting between US President Barack Obama and his Asean counterparts has been mostly well-received, though some misgivings remain.

Malalai Joya, an Afghan activist for women's rights , was in Toronto tonight on a cross-Canada tour to promote her new book, A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice .

US President Barack Obama arrives at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai yesterday at the start of his four-day trip to China.

Success in this region, in the remote mountains near the Afghan border, could have a direct bearing on how many more American troops are ultimately sent to Afghanistan, and how long they must stay.

If the government of Burma is truly serious about staging an election next year, it must seriously consider the words and actions of US President Barack Obama.

A 73-year-old mother broke into tears when she heard the message from her son, Tun Tun Oo, who is in Meik-Hitla Prison, one of thousands of political prisoners in Burmese jails.

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seeking cooperation with the Myanmar junta after years of political deadlock.

President Mahinda Rajapaska, President of The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka warmly welcomes Head of State of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe.