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A jailed U.S. citizen, on a protest hunger strike for more than a week in military-ruled Myanmar, was not able to appear in court because of poor health, his lawyers said Saturday. Myanmar authorities have accused Myanmar-born Kyaw Zaw Lwin of entering Myanmar to stir up protests by Buddhist monks, who led pro-democracy demonstrations in 2007 that were brutally suppressed by the junta. Arrested in September, he was charged with forgery and violating the foreign currency exchange act. One of... Read Full Story
"War president" Barack Obama was due Thursday to accept his controversial Nobel Peace Prize amid Norway's biggest ever police security operation. Two military choppers circled above the hotel where Obama will stay while others flew over the city centre as part of an operation costing the government around 92 million kroner (10.9 million euros, 16 million dollars) -- more than 10 times the prize money awarded to the Peace Prize laureate. Barricades were placed along the sidewalks of Oslo's... Read Full Story
Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the junta's liaison officer on Wednesday, a state official told AFP, in the latest sign of dialogue between the two sides. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said labour minister Aung Kyi, the government's official liaison with Suu Kyi, met her for 45 minutes at the government guest-house in Yangon, but gave no details of their discussions. It is the third meeting between the pair since the beginning of October... Read Full Story
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been insincere and dishonest in her offer to meet the country's military ruler and push for the lifting of Western sanctions, state media said on Wednesday. Suu Kyi, who is currently held under house arrest, had tried to harm the government's image and her behavior had been "highly questionable," said a commentary carried in three state-run newspapers, which serve as mouthpieces for the reclusive regime. The 64... Read Full Story
Myanmar's state media accused detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi of using the media to make the country's military rulers look bad, warning Wednesday it could hurt her efforts to meet with the junta chief. In recent months, Suu Kyi has sent two letters to Senior Gen. Than Shwe saying she is willing to work with the government to get Western sanctions against Myanmar lifted. In the most recent letter, dated Nov. 11, she requested a meeting with him. A commentary in Wednesday's Myanma... Read Full Story
Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the junta's liaison officer at a state guesthouse for 45 minutes Wednesday, an official told AFP. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, gave no further details of the discussions held between Suu Kyi and the government's official liaison, labour minister Aung Kyi. It is the third meeting between the pair since the beginning of October. It comes after the country's Supreme Court agreed last week to hear a final... Read Full Story
There are no signs of progress towards democratic change in Myanmar despite Washington's decision to hold direct talks with the country's military rulers, a senior US diplomat said Wednesday. High-level talks last month in Myanmar between the junta and US officials were "cautious" and made little headway, said Scot Marciel, the US deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs. "It's perhaps useful that we are talking, but that isn't progress," Marciel said at a... Read Full Story
Myanmar's supreme court agreed Friday to hear an appeal against the extended house arrest of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, as the European Union said it wanted sustained dialogue with the ruling junta. Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, 64, was ordered to spend another 18 months in detention in August after being convicted over an incident in which a US man swam to her house. A lower court rejected an initial appeal in October. "The supreme court decided to hear Aung San Suu Kyi's request. Lawyers... Read Full Story
Military-ruled Myanmar's supreme court has agreed to hear an appeal against the extended house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, an official said Friday. The Nobel laureate, 64, was ordered to spend another 18 months in detention in August after being convicted over an incident in which a US man swam to her lakeside house. A lower court rejected an initial appeal in October. "The supreme court decided to hear Aung San Suu Kyi's request. Lawyers have to present arguments before... Read Full Story
Military-ruled Myanmar's supreme court has agreed to hear an appeal against the extended house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, an official said Friday. The Nobel laureate, 64, was ordered to spend another 18 months in detention in August after being convicted over an incident in which a US man swam to her lakeside house. A lower court rejected an initial appeal in October. "The supreme court decided to hear Aung San Suu Kyi's request. Lawyers have to present arguments before... Read Full Story
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