11.   He added the NCUB, a Thai-based coalition of Burmese dissident groups, would continue to press the United States for sanctions.

12.   In October, he disappointed Burmese pro-democracy groups by imposing only limited sanctions, barring travel to the United States by members of the ruling junta and their families.

13.   A Burmese dissident ethnic group has charged Thailand with threatening to repatriate Mon refugees, and called on the international community to monitor any resettlement.

14.   Aung San Suu Kyi has repeatedly called for international sanctions on Burma, a stance which has been backed by most Burmese dissident groups.

15.   Burmese dissident groups in Japan have denied any links to the bomb.

16.   Burmese dissident groups in Japan on Wednesday denied any link to a mail bomb which killed a daughter of a Burmese junta leader in Rangoon.

17.   The statement followed a similar denial Wednesday by other Burmese dissident groups in Japan.

18.   Zaw Min said Burmese dissident groups had also been planning to launch boycotts of the two brewers if they had not withdrawn.

19.   Meanwhile, a leading Burmese dissident group called on the international community to launch a coordinated effort to follow the US initiative.

20.   The ABFSU is one of numerous Burmese dissident groups operating from the Thai-Burma border area.