International: Amnesty Wants Un to Stop Arms Sales to Burma

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Human rights pressure group Amnesty International yesterday urged the UN Security Council to ban all arms sales to Burma.

The also called for the country's main arms suppliers - China and India - to suspend all deals. The move came as a UN special envoy in Rangoon was making a made a final effort to meet the country's top military leader today, hoping to persuade him to accept the people's demands for democracy.

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International: Amnesty Wants Un to Stop Arms Sales to Burma

Ibrahim Gambari spent the weekend in talks with minor officials but was snubbed by General Than Shwe who heads the country's military junta. Meanwhile Amnesty said in the wake of...

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