1.   Despite the size of the crowd, foreign diplomats here did not see in it for now the makings of a powerful threat to the Burmese military.

2.   Indeed, Madeo acknowledged that there had been at least some instances of forced labor by the Burmese military and said the company had reimbursed the villagers involved.

3.   Poverty and abuses by the Burmese military have driven them into Thailand in the last decade.

4.   She described the Burmese military as drug traffickers and thugs.

5.   The Burmese military has made similar deals with rebellious ethnic groups along its insurgency-plagued border.

6.   The Burmese military has previously said that it will not free the opposition leader unless she agrees to leave Myanmar, a step she has refused.

7.   The camps have been swelled by refugees from fighting between the Burmese military and a welter of ethnic separatist insurgencies.

8.   A number of international human rights organizations have condemned the Burmese military for using forced labor and treating porters with brutality.

9.   A Thai deputy prime minister, Amnuay Virawan, said ASEAN will continue its policy of maintaining friendly contacts with the Burmese military.

10.   Foreign Minister Alexander Downer praised Aung San Suu Kyi and condemned the actions the Burmese military is taking against her pro-democracy movement.