Myanmar government vows to 'respect' election result

Myanmar's military-backed government vowed Wednesday to respect the country's election result despite staring at a poll wipeout, as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for talks with the president and the powerful army chief. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party is on the brink of a majority after it took over 85 percent of the seats declared so far. Although poll officials are yet to announce the NLD as winners, Myanmar's balance of power, dominated for half a century by th