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Burma PM 'behind Suu Kyi attack' From correspondents in Washington 21oct04 THE new prime minister of military-ruled Burma was directly behind an attack on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her convoy last year, the US charged today. US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Washington had a credible report that Lieutenant General Soe Win, an ally of hardline junta chief Than Shwe, was "directly involved in the decision to carry out the brutal attack on Aung San Suu Kyi and her convoy on May 30, 2003". "We did look into the matter extensively," Mr Boucher said when asked...

Burma's prime minister is ousted - Leadership shift viewed as blow to democratic efforts By Grant Peck, Associated Press October 20, 2004 BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma's tough but pragmatic prime minister was removed from power yesterday by his hard-line army colleagues, clouding prospects for the freedom of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and for democracy in the military-led Southeast Asian nation. The ouster of General Khin Nyunt, 65, who was also military intelligence chief, appeared to spell an end to a power struggle between moderates in the junta and a faction uninterested in negotiating reconciliation with democracy activists or...