SNAPSHOT-Latest developments in Myanmar
Source: Reuters
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Here are the latest developments in Myanmar on Saturday. HEADLINES * Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party says hopes for talks about talks with military junta. * State-television broadcasts footage of Suu Kyi for first time in four years. * State television says junta hunting four monks it accuses of leading protests. * Official newspapers quote senior junta official as telling U.N. envoy "anti-government groups should compromise and adjust their policies". * Britain, France and U.S. circulate draft statement to Security Council demanding junta free political detainees and talk to opposition. * Britain's PM Gordon Brown calls for tougher sanctions from the EU. QUOTES "From my own conversation, she appears to be very anxious to have a proper dialogue" provided there are no preconditions. - U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari on possible talks between junta and Suu Kyi. "We can say it is a significant improvement on the past situation. They have never committed themselves to talking to her." - NLD spokesman Nyan Win."I can't guarantee that something positive will happen but I think that we are living at a moment where things are moving and perhaps this famous 'international community' will have some effect." - Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, U.N. special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar, on action against Myanmar. "We are united in opposition to the military dictatorship in Burma. It's time for the regime to start reconciliation." - Maung Maung Than, organiser of Sydney rally. "We believe there have been many more killings than the regime admit," Brown said in a statement. "And we have very grave concerns about hundreds, possibly thousands, of monks, nuns and others who have simply disappeared."
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