http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/tags/burma.htm Latest news stories from around the world. Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-11-22T20:16:23+11:00 2008-11-22T20:16:23+11:00 The head of Burma's military junta has made a rare call for all citizens to back a controversial 'road map' to democracy.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2427141.htm2008-11-22T20:16:23+11:00Burmese comedian Zarganar has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2426895.htm2008-11-22T09:57:24+11:00UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged the release of political prisoners in Burma after authorities launched a crackdown on dissent.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2418698.htm2008-11-13T20:52:50+11:00The foreign ministers of Bangladesh and Burma have held talks in the Indian capital, New Delhi, in a bid to solve a territorial dispute in the Bay of Bengal.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2418443.htm2008-11-13T11:35:59+11:00A leading human rights group has urged Burma's junta to free 70 activists currently on trial, after the military regime handed down a string of hefty jail sentences to dissidents.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2417992.htm2008-11-13T07:54:26+11:00A court in Burma has sentenced 14 pro-democracy activists to 65 years each in prison for their part in last year's anti-government protests.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2417050.htm2008-11-12T14:26:44+11:00Twenty-three pro-democracy activists arrested during anti-junta demonstrations in Burma last year have been sentenced to 65 years each in jail by a special court on Tuesday.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2417004.htm2008-11-12T07:54:41+11:00