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Myanmar's military-ruled government may release pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi soon, so she can play a role in next year's general elections, according to a senior Myanmar diplomat. The remarks by Min Lwin — rare for a Myanmar government official on an overseas visit — were in line with vague comments in recent years by the junta that it intends to free Suu Kyi soon. But officials have given no time frame and have made no real moves to release her. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been detained for 14 of the past 20 years and not been able to ... Read Full Story
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, expressed hope on Monday that U.S. engagement with the county's military rulers could spur democratic reforms, her lawyer said. In rare praise for the regime that has kept her in detention for 14 of the last 20 years, Suu Kyi thanked the junta for allowing her to see Kurt Campbell, the top U.S. official for East Asia. The Nobel Peace Prize winner was allowed to meet for almost three hours on Monday with her lawyers, who agreed to submit an appeal with the Supreme Court against her conviction in August for a security ... Read Full Story
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The United States said Monday it would no longer allow its row with Myanmar to hold its ties with Southeast Asia hostage, as President Barack Obama geared up for his debut official visit to the region. Obama is due to hold the first-ever meeting between a US president and leaders of all 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members, including Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, on Sunday in Singapore. "One of the frustrations that we've had with policy toward Burma over recent years has been that the inability to have interaction with Burma has prevented certain kinds of interaction with ASEAN as a ... Read Full Story
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan urged Myanmar Saturday to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before next year's election, adding it was ready to provide more aid if democratization in the country advanced. The comments came a few days after a U.S. delegation made a landmark visit to Myanmar as part of a new policy of engagement by the Obama administration. "It is extremely important that Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners are all released before the general election to be held in 2010," Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told Myanmar's visiting prime minister, according to a Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman. ... Read Full Story
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The United States expects the leaders of all ASEAN nations to attend a summit in Singapore next week, a US diplomat said Saturday, setting the stage for a possible meeting between Barack Obama and leaders of Myanmar's ruling junta. Speaking at a meeting in the Philippines where officials are laying the groundwork for the inaugural US-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) meeting, Washington's ambassador to the organisation, Scott Marciel, said: "We expect all ASEAN leaders to attend the summit in Singapore." Marciel did not elaborate, but his comments indicate that Washington expects Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein will be in Singapore on November 15, ... Read Full Story
A senior diplomat from Myanmar has hinted that the country's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi may soon be released. Min Lwin, the director-general of Myanmar's foreign ministry, told the Associated Press on Monday that the military ...  
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SINGAPORE -Myanmar's military-ruled government may release pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi soon, so she can play a role in next year's general elections, according to a senior Myanmar diplomat. The remarks by Min Lwin — rare for a Myanmar ...  
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YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, expressed hope on Monday that U.S. engagement with the county's military rulers could spur democratic reforms, her lawyer said. Aung San Suu Kyi (C) arrives for a meeting with ...  
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Myanmar's military-ruled government may release pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi soon so she can play a role in next year's general elections, according to a senior Myanmar diplomat.  
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SINGAPORE: Myanmar’s military-ruled government may release pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi soon so she can play a role in next year’s general elections, according to a senior Myanmar diplom...  
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Tokyo, Nov 8 (Kyodo) Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama pressed Myanmar to release the country's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi before it holds general elections next year. In talks with the Japanese leader here, Myanmar Prime ...  
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The plight of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi will be among the issues discussed during the first meeting of ASEAN and the United States leaders on Nov. 15 in Singapore.Read More  
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Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has exhorted the Burmese military junta to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners before the 2010... New Delhi (Mizzima) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has exhorted the Burmese military junta to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners before the 2010 general elections in the country.   Yukio Hatoyama on Saturday met Thein...  
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WASHINGTON - UNITED States President Barack Obama will make a personal plea for the release of Myanmarese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at his summit with Asean leaders in Singapore on Sunday, a senior Administration official told The Straits Times.  
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Yangon – Myanmar’s detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, expressed hope on Monday that U.S. engagement with the county’s military rulers could spur democratic reforms, her la...  
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