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The mood in some parts of Myanmar seemed tense yet calm Saturday, one day before the nation holds it's first election in 20 years -- an electoral contest critics say is aimed at creating a facade of democracy.

A Burmese court rejects the latest appeal by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi against an extended detention.

Myanmar's ruling junta released the deputy leader of the country's pro-democracy party from nearly seven years in detention, but offered no indication that he or still-detained party leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be allowed to take part in this year's elections.

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be freed when her house arrest ends in November, according to a government minister quoted by witnesses on Monday, but critics said that may be too late for this year's elections.

President Obama on Sunday called for the release of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners.

A Myanmar court Friday rejected an appeal by pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi against her extended house arrest, just days after the US re-engaged with the country's ruling junta. Judges at a divisional court in Yangon upheld the Nobel ...

An American man imprisoned in Myanmar for sneaking into the home of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi flew out of the country Sunday after a visiting U.S. senator won his release.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest and sentenced to three years of prison, but the junta reduced that term to a year and a half of house arrest.

A massive magnitude 7.6 quake struck in the Indian Ocean off India's Andaman Islands, triggering a tsunami watch for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Monday.

A verdict expected Friday in the subversion trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been delayed until August 11, said a diplomatic source attending the proceedings.