81.   Prachuab made his comments after meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda, who encouraged him to use his influence on the Burmese junta to push for democratic changes.

82.   President Suharto of Indonesia and Burmese military junta leader Than Shwe discussed Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during talks Friday, Indonesian officials said.

83.   SLORC is the official name of the Burmese junta.

84.   Thai Prime Minister Chaowalit Yongchaiyudh has said that the chairman of the Burmese junta, Than Shwe, was planning to step down soon, The Nation reported Saturday.

85.   The Burmese junta initially invited foreign companies to prospect for gold and copper last October.

86.   The Burmese military junta is engaged in a major offensive against Karen insurgents and their allies concentrated near the border with Thailand.

87.   The Burmese junta last week detained Kyi Maung, a senior aide to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and tightened security around her residence.

88.   The Burmese junta has outlined a legal basis which would enable it to hold leading opposition figure Aung San Suu Kyi apparently indefinitely, The Nation daily reported Wednesday.

89.   The Burmese junta said Monday that thousands of people across Burma had rallied over the weekend in support of a constitutional convention which has been boycotted by the opposition.

90.   The Burmese military junta announced in Rangoon that the Nobel Peace prize laureate had been freed without condition after nearly six years under house arrest at her lakeside home.