Myanmar

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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Myanmar authorities on Friday to halt the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and to release her. ...

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Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Myanmar to lobby for the release of many political prisoners including the pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. ...

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Jul 03 - Ban Ki-moon meets Myanmar's junta supremo but is still waiting to find out if he will be allowed to visit detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. ...

Source: www.salon.com --- 12 hours ago
The U.N. secretary-general says Myanmar's junta chief has rejected his initial request to see jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Ban Ki-moon says he told Myanmar's Senior Gen. Than Shwe during two-hour talks Friday that he wanted to meet directly with Suu Kyi. Than Shwe's i... ...

Source: www.thaindian.com --- 6 hours ago
Yangon, July 3 (DPA) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Myanmar’s military leader Friday on an official visit that aimed at pressing for the release of all political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. According to Myanmar’s state-run television, Ban held talks with Senior General Than Shwe in Naypyitaw, the military’s headquarters in central Myanmar. No [...] ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 7 hours ago
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - The U.N. secretary-general says Myanmar's junta chief has rejected his initial request to see jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Ban Ki-moon says he told Myanmar's Senior Gen. Than Shwe during two-hour talks Friday that he ...

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Fossils recently discovered in Myanmar could prove that the common ancestors of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, rather than Africa, researchers contend in a study released Wednesday. ...

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Yangon - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Myanmar's military leader Friday on an official visit that aimed at pressing for the release of all political prisoners including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. According to Myanmar'... ...

Source: www.journalgazette.net --- 9 hours ago
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - The U.N. secretary-general said Myanmar's junta chief has rejected his initial request to see jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. ...

Source: www.mysinchew.com --- 14 hours ago
YANGON, Myanmar (AP): Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday she has not been informed of any plans for her to meet U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during his upcoming visit. read more ...

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NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon could leave Myanmar empty-handed after apparently failing to win any concessions Friday from the country's top military ruler or to gain permission to visit opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in jail. Ban talked for two hours with reclusive ... ...

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ventured Friday into talks with Myanmar's junta chief for what he called "a very tough mission" to win freedom for the country's opposition leader. Shortly after the U.N. chief arrived in Myanmar, the court presiding over Aung San Suu Kyi's widely criticized trial ... ...

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UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Friday that the head of Myanmar's junta had stalled on his request to see Aung San Suu Kyi, leaving his mission to seek the democracy icon's release at risk of ending in failure. Ban said military chief Than Shwe had not yet given him permission to see the 64-year-old ... ...

Source: www.bing.com --- 11 hours ago
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - The U.N. secretary-general says Myanmar's junta chief has rejected his initial request to see jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Ban Ki-moon says he told Myanmar's Senior Gen. Than Shwe during two-hour talks Friday that he wanted to meet directly with Suu Kyi. Than Shwe ... ...

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Ban flew into Naypyidaw, the remote stronghold of Senior General Than Shwe and his regime, shortly after a prison court adjourned the widely condemned trial of the detained Nobel Peace laureate for another week. "This is my second time in your country and I am very pleased to continue our ... ...

Source: www.bing.com --- 12 hours ago
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — The U.N. secretary-general says Myanmar's junta chief has rejected his initial request to see jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Ban Ki-moon says he told Myanmar's Senior Gen. Than Shwe during two-hour talks Friday that he wanted to meet directly with Suu Kyi ... ...

Source: www.bing.com --- 13 hours ago
Yangon, Myanmar (AHN) - United Nations chief arrived in Yangon Friday for a two-day official visit during which he will press for the release of all political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is expected to fly to the country's administrative capital, Naypyitaw ... ...