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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council expressed concern Thursday at Myanmar's slow progress in opening a dialogue with the opposition and called for the early return of U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari to help promote national reconciliation.
The council "underscored the importance of making further progress" on the objectives it set out in an Oct. 11 statement, which include protecting human rights and releasing all political prisoners and detainees.
Myanmar's junta has been strongly criticized for sending troops to quash peaceful protests against a fuel price hike, initially led by students and then by Buddhist monks, in late September. The government said 10 people were killed, but diplomats and dissidents say the death toll was much higher. Thousands of monks and civilians were arrested.
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