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Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a delegation led by US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell at Inya Lake Hotel in Rangoon for two hours today, according to US officials. US Embassy officials...
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Bangkok — As Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi reviews Western sanctions against her country and a debate opens up about their affect on the military regime, a Washington agency has admitted that efforts to keep Burmese gems out of the US are...
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Myanmar court rejects Suu Kyi's appeal vs. arrest The Associated Press 9:46 p.m. Myanmar A court in military-ruled Myanmar turned aside opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's latest bid for freedom Friday, rejecting an appeal against her most recent sentence...
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Myanmar. The group wants the general election in 2010 in Burma to be “free”. Myanmar (GoF) chaired by Mr Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, according to a statement released on Thursday from Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kasit accompanied Prime...
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Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyers met her for about two hours on Thursday and discussed the appeal to be filed against her sentence. “We were allowed to meet her for about two hours and we basically discussed the appeal to be filed,”...
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Yettaw testified in court that God had sent him to Myanmar to protect the opposition leader because he dreamed that a terrorist group would assassinate her. Under the order from Than Shwe, Suu Kyi will be allowed to meet with government-approved guests...
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John Yettaw's bizarre adventures in Burma ended on Sunday thanks to a United States senator -- but the woman he was on a "mission from God" to save remains locked up because of his actions. The diabetic, epileptic father-of-seven found himself at the...
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An American on trial for secretly entering the house of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been hospitalized after suffering seizures, hospital sources said Tuesday. John Yettaw, 53, was admitted to Yangon's main general hospital Monday and that his...
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YANGON: A Myanmar court on Friday postponed the verdict in the high-profile trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to Aug. 11, her lawyer said. Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace prize winner who has spent 14 of the past 20 years in detention, is charged under...
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A Myanmar court on Friday adjourned the trial on security charges of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, with a verdict now expected next month, court and diplomatic sources said. One diplomatic source said the verdict was now expected on Aug. 11. That...
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