http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Than_ShweFind stories, videos, and photos about Than Shwe from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:01:29 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Than_Shwe14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Than Shwe from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/05/myanmar.us.envoy.visit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/05/myanmar.us.envoy.visit/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne of two U.S. officials who made a rare trip to Myanmar said Thursday that the United States was willing to improve relations if that nation's ruling military junta takes tangible steps towards democracy.Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/myanmar.us.envoy.visit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/myanmar.us.envoy.visit/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. diplomats met with imprisoned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday, Myanmar TV showed.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/myanmar.suukyi/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/myanmar.suukyi/index.html#cnnSTCTextMyanmar's military junta allowed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet Friday with three diplomats -- from the United States, Britain and Australia, according to her spokesman and a government official.Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/yettaw.release/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/yettaw.release/index.html#cnnSTCTextJohn Yettaw, the American convicted in Myanmar of illegally entering the country to visit pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, left Thailand Wednesday, authorities and government officials said.Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/17/myanmar.webb/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/17/myanmar.webb/index.html#cnnSTCTextThere is a new push to free Myanmar's pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, Sen. Jim Webb told CNN's "American Morning" Monday.Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/16/myanmar.yettaw/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/16/myanmar.yettaw/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn American sentenced to seven years hard labor in Myanmar after he sneaked into the home of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, arrived in Thailand on Sunday with the U.S. senator who secured his release.Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/15/senator.visits.myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/15/senator.visits.myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. Sen. Jim Webb obtained the release Saturday of American John Yettaw, who had been sentenced to seven years of hard labor in Myanmar for visiting detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, his office said.Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/14/senator.visits.myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/14/senator.visits.myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. Sen. Jim Webb arrived in Myanmar on Friday where he is scheduled to meet with the reclusive country's military junta, his office confirmed.Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/myanmar.webb/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/myanmar.webb/index.html#cnnSTCTextSen. Jim Webb will meet with leaders of Myanmar's military junta this week when he stops off in the reclusive country during a two-week, five-nation tour of Asia, his office announced Wednesday.Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/myanmar.suu.kyi/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/myanmar.suu.kyi/index.html#cnnSTCTextMyanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and five senior members of her opposition party met with U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari at the state guesthouse on Monday, a party spokesman said.Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/11/myanmar.blogger/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/11/myanmar.blogger/index.html#cnnSTCTextCourts in Myanmar have sentenced a blogger, a poet and several dissidents to several years in jail for anti-regime activities, a court official told CNN Tuesday.Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/23/myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/23/myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTextMyanmar's ruling junta agreed Friday to "allow all aid workers regardless of nationalities" into the country to help cyclone survivors, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said.Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:58:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1812247,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1812247,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA well-known Burmese satirist is in jail after providing aid to cyclone survivorsFri, 06 Jun 2008 08:20:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1810198,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1810198,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsBurma's military rulers have approved visas for dozens of international relief workers and were allowing more foreigners into areas devastated by a cyclone that left millions in need of aidThu, 29 May 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809499,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809499,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAid soon will be able to reach the more than 1 million cyclone victims still waiting for their first assistance if Burma's military regime allows the assistanceMon, 26 May 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1807994,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1807994,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAnalysis: A TIME writer, just expelled from Burma, explains how anger and foreign aid could help unhinge the ruling juntaTue, 20 May 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/myanmar.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/myanmar.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTextMyanmar has agreed to let its South Asian neighbors send medical personnel and an assessment team to the cyclone-ravaged country, more than two weeks after a storm that killed tens of thousands of people. Tue, 20 May 2008 02:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/18/myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/18/myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo weeks after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, the country's reclusive junta leader Than Shwe visited a refugee camp outside Yangon, according to video broadcast on state television.Mon, 19 May 2008 02:45:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739159,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739159,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWith tens of thousands dead and more than a million people at risk, the cyclone's victims still have the junta on their mindsSun, 11 May 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/10/myanmar.mrs.bush/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/10/myanmar.mrs.bush/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. first lady Laura Bush -- in a rare foray into foreign policy -- called on Myanmar's military junta to "step aside," give up the "terror campaigns" against its people and allow for a democratic Myanmar in a commentary published in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal.Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/29/myanmar.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/29/myanmar.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCTextUnited Nations envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari arrived Saturday for talks with senior government officials aimed at finding a peaceful resolution to ongoing clashes between the military's ruling junta and pro-democracy activists, a Western diplomat told CNN.Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/01/myanmar.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/01/myanmar.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCTextTalks between U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari and Myanmar's secretive military leader were stalled for another day on Monday. Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:28:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1666978,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1666978,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsLast week's crackdown on Burmese protesters made headlines. But the nation's military junta remains a mysteryMon, 01 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/myanmar.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/myanmar.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCTextUnited Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari met Sunday with Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an effort to quell recent tensions between the country's military leaders and protesters, the U.N. confirmed in a news release.Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/08/29/carrey.suukyi.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/08/29/carrey.suukyi.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextJim Carrey has made a straight-to-YouTube video. And it's not funny at all.Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/28/myanmar.coup/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/28/myanmar.coup/index.htmlMyanmar has rejected rumors that its military leader was ill and had been deposed.Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/19/myanmar.soewin.profile/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/19/myanmar.soewin.profile/index.htmlMyanmar's new prime minister is Lt. Gen Soe Win, a former defense chief who entered the regime's top ranks only last year.Wed, 20 Oct 2004 01:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/19/myanmar.politics/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/19/myanmar.politics/index.htmlMyanmar Prime Minister Khin Nyunt has been ousted and is under house arrest on corruption charges, a Thai government spokesman has told news agencies.Tue, 19 Oct 2004 05:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/17/myanmar.politics/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/17/myanmar.politics/index.htmlMyanmar's military government has reopened the headquarters for the opposition's National League for Democracy almost a year after shutting it down.Sat, 17 Apr 2004 04:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/myanmar.suukyi/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/myanmar.suukyi/index.htmlMyanmar's opposition National League for Democracy has called for the immediate release of their leader Aung San Suu Kyi after the military government backed away from suggestions her freedom was imminent.Sun, 04 Apr 2004 06:20:00 EDT