Myanmar ruler ‘not running in poll’

Myanmar has announced that its military leader, Than Shwe, will not stand in the country’s upcoming elections, diplomats at an Asian summit in Vietnam said. Alberto Romulo, the Philippine foreign secretary, said on Thursday that Myanmar’s foreign minister Nyan Win confirmed the news a day earlier. Nyan Win told his counterparts during an informal dinner for delegates attending a summit

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