General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne_Win" id="mwARU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ne Win">Ne Win</a>, effective ruler of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar" id="mwARY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Myanmar">Burma</a> since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.