Myanmar's president said his government and the military would respect the results of Sunday's election, expected to be won by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party.

Police cracked down on student protesters opposing Myanmar's new education law Friday, roughly grabbing demonstrators and loading them onto trucks in the third such clampdown in as many days.

The Myanmar government pardoned 3,073 prisoners Tuesday as part of an amnesty that rights groups said included more than a dozen political prisoners, a month before a summit of regional leaders convenes in the country.