Burmese
Burmese military ruler General Than Shwe begins a five-day visit to India.
Sources: BBC The Times of India
Sources: BBC The Times of India
Nine children die in a suicide bombing near the Indian consulate in the Afghan city of Jalalabad.
An ally of outgoing Burmese ruler General Than Shwe resigns two weeks into the new parliament.
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes the India-Burma border region.
Burma's leader General Than Shwe says the general elections will be held "soon".