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A key U.N. committee late Thursday strongly condemned human rights violations in Myanmar and urged the government to release more than 2,000 political prisoners and open the upcoming elections to all political parties. Myanmar's United Nations Ambassador...
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Burma and call for the release of all political prisoners, including the democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as for an inclusive political process ahead of the 2010 elections...Thein Sein to free Suu Kyi and other political prisoners while in Singapore,...
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Myanmar — Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ready to cooperate with Myanmar's ruling junta in lifting foreign sanctions but it remains uncertain if the reconciliation efforts will yield results...Than Shwe released Tuesday, Suu Kyi has requested...
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Suu Kyi, who leads the National League for Democracy (NLD), was convicted on 11 August of violating state security laws after an uninvited United States citizen gained access to her home. The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has already spent over 12 years...
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Dalton Tanonaka I’m not ashamed to say that I’m a proud, red-, white- and blue-blooded American. My favorite sports team since childhood remains the New York Yankees...But the actions of one fellow US passport holder peeved the heck out of me, cast an...
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The opposition leader is on trial over an intrusion at her home where she is under house arrest. Analysts say the delay allows the regime to crack down on the opposition and get through a sensitive protest anniversary...They maintain that Suu Kyi's government-appointed...
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The Burmese court trying the case against Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has adjourned the hearing until June 12 to allow an appeal against a motion that barred some of the witnesses for the defence taking the stand. Mrs Suu Kyi, 63, could face up to...
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The United States on Thursday called for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi, as Western governments condemned new charges brought against the pro-democracy icon by Myanmar's military junta. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was "deeply...
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in poor health and on a saline drip after the arrest of her private doctor last week and an unexpected visit from a US swimmer, it was disclosed Monday. Authorities allowed Dr Pyon Mo Ei to visit Suu Kyi Monday...
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Myanmar's junta has rejected an appeal to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose most recent period of detention will expire May 27, her party spokesman said Tuesday...The current junta came to power in 1988 after crushing a nationwide pro-democracy...
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