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Aung NewsUN Myanmar Envoy Meets Suu KyiThe U.N. special envoy to promote political reconciliation in Myanmar met Aung San Suu Kyi and other opposition party members Saturday, a day after being rebuffed by the country’s military rulers.Read Full Article World Briefing | Asia: Myanmar: Suu Kyi Barred From Elections Under New CharterThe military junta declared that a new draft of the country’s constitution had been completed after 14 years and approved for a national referendum in May. It will clear the way for democratic elections in 2010, the junta says, the first since 1990, when the opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy, won a landslide victory that the junta never recognized. Foreign Minister Nyan Win told a regional gathering in Singapore that the document would bar Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi from running because she had been married to a foreigner, a Briton who died in 1999. She remains under house arrest in Yangon.Read Full Article Inaction gives Suu Kyi little hope of reform for BurmaDetained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is frustrated at a lack of talks on political reform with the ruling junta since last year’s bloody crackdown on dissent, her party says.Read Full Article World Briefing | Asia: Myanmar: ?Prepare for the Worst,? Suu Kyi AdvisesThe pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was allowed a rare respite from house arrest to meet with members of her party, the National League for Democracy. A party spokesman reported that she had criticized the series of meetings she has held since October with Aung Kyi, a senior junta official ? they met for the fifth time after her meeting with party colleagues ? for failing to set a deadline to achieve any real political change. She also cautioned the nation to ?hope for the best but prepare for the worst,? the spokesman said.Read Full Article Myanmar: Suu Kyi Meets With Junta OfficialMyanmar’s opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met with Aung Kyi, a senior junta official and the official go-between for her and the junta, but it was not known what they discussed.Read Full Article External News for: aungBurma's Aung San Suu Kyi Requests Meeting With Military Head - Voice of Americaguardian.co.ukBurma's Aung San Suu Kyi Requests Meeting With Military HeadVoice of AmericaBy VOA News Detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has requested a meeting with the chief of the country's ruling military. ...Aung San Suu Kyi seeks direct talks with Burmese leaderRadio AustraliaMyanmar's Suu Kyi proposes cooperation with juntaThe Associated PressHope for Aung San Suu KyiLos Angeles Public RelationsBBC News -Wall Street Journal -Birmingham Starall 1,736 news articles »Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Requests Meeting With Military Head - Voice of Americaguardian.co.ukBurma's Aung San Suu Kyi Requests Meeting With Military HeadVoice of AmericaBy VOA News Detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has requested a meeting with the chief of the country's ruling military. ...Aung San Suu Kyi seeks direct talks with Burmese leaderRadio AustraliaMyanmar's Suu Kyi proposes cooperation with juntaThe Associated PressHope for Aung San Suu KyiLos Angeles Public RelationsBBC News -Wall Street Journal -Birmingham Starall 1,736 news articles »Obama calls for release of Aung San Suu Kyi - GuilfordianObama calls for release of Aung San Suu KyiGuilfordianPresident Obama has followed through on his administration's new policy of direct engagement with Burma by calling for the release of opposition leader Aung ...Obama Presses Burma For ReformsVoice of AmericaUN commission: 'grave concern' over Myanmar rights abusesInquirer.netUS hopes Suu Kyi's proposal will pave way for political dialogueMizzima.comThe Irrawaddy News Magazine -Phnom Penh Post -Bloombergall 60 news articles »Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Requests Meeting With Military Head - Voice of Americaguardian.co.ukBurma's Aung San Suu Kyi Requests Meeting With Military HeadVoice of AmericaBy VOA News Detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has requested a meeting with the chief of the country's ruling military. ...Aung San Suu Kyi seeks direct talks with Burmese leaderRadio AustraliaMyanmar's Suu Kyi proposes cooperation with juntaThe Associated PressHope for Aung San Suu KyiLos Angeles Public RelationsBBC News -Wall Street Journal -Birmingham Starall 1,736 news articles »Obama calls for release of Aung San Suu Kyi - GuilfordianObama calls for release of Aung San Suu KyiGuilfordianPresident Obama has followed through on his administration's new policy of direct engagement with Burma by calling for the release of opposition leader Aung ...Obama Presses Burma For ReformsVoice of AmericaUN commission: 'grave concern' over Myanmar rights abusesInquirer.netUS hopes Suu Kyi's proposal will pave way for political dialogueMizzima.comThe Irrawaddy News Magazine -Phnom Penh Post -Bloombergall 60 news articles »Burma claims it will release Aung San Suu Kyi - guardian.co.ukWashington PostBurma claims it will release Aung San Suu Kyiguardian.co.ukAung San Suu Kyi and the US envoy Kurt Campbell after their meeting in Rangoon. 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