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...fair. On Tuesday, Campbell and Marceil met Myanmar Information Minister Kyaw Hsan, Science and Technology Minister U Thaung, and representatives of the Election Commission in Naypyitaw, 350 km north of Myanmar's old capital Yangon. They...

In this article: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Kurt Campbell, US, Thein Sein, Barack Obama, and Naypyitaw

...to Burmese officials. They will then travel to Rangoon on Wednesday to meet Nobel Peace laureate Ms Suu Kyi, whose house arrest was extended by 18 months this year, provoking international outrage. Softly softly This visit...

In this article: Aung San Suu Kyi, US, Burma, Thein Sein, Rangoon, Kurt Campbell, Than Shwe, Jim Webb, and John Yettaw

The first high-level team of U.S. diplomats to visit Burma in 14 years met with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon on Wednesday in what some hope may signal the first steps toward breaking the political deadlock that has...

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...General By Andrew Marshall Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 In this 2005 photo, Than Shwe is seen reviewing troops in Rangoon's Resistance Park to mark the 60th anniversary of Armed Forces Day Adrees Latif / Reuters Among Manchester United...

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...GMT). In a recent letter to military regime leader Than Shwe, in which Suu Kyi offered suggestions for having Western sanctions lifted, she requested a meeting with foreign diplomats in Yangon to discuss the issue. In the past week...

In this article: Aung San Suu Kyi, Than Shwe, Burma, Democracy, US, and UK

Putting Burma's Junta on Trial Burma military ruler Senior General Than Shwe reviews troops on the 60th anniversary of the Myanmar Armed Forces Day in Yangon, March 27, 2005 Last month two famous defendants one adored, the other despised...

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...to meet with senior government officials today [yesterday]. Tomorrow [today] they will be in Yangon and meet with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other opposition leaders," Mei said. Myanmar officials said the US delegation was unlikely to meet...

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...been launched," the diplomat said. In August, a court at Yangon's notorious Insein prison sentenced Suu Kyi to three years' hard labour, but junta chief Than Shwe reduced that to 18 months' house arrest. Two female assistants living with...

In this article: Burma, United States, Than Shwe, Democracy, John Yettaw, and National League for Democracy

...give further details. In August a court at Yangon's notorious Insein prison originally sentenced the frail 64-year-old to three years' hard labour but junta chief Than Shwe reduced that to 18 months' house arrest. Two female assistants...

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