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Myanmar annuls Suu Kyi's 1990 election win

Cebu Daily News - Philippines, 4 minutes ago / Myanmar's ruling junta has used new election laws to officially annul the result of polls in 1990 that were won by Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party, state media said Thursday.

Law bars Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi from elections

News from Bangladesh, 10 hours 54 minutes ago / Myanmar's military rulers have barred pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running in upcoming elections and may force her own political party to expel her under a new election law unveiled Wednesday.

Suu Kyi to file case against relative

Mizzima, Mar 09, 2010 / Nobel Laureate and Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will file a law suit against Khin Maung Aye, one of her relatives, because he has been trying to sell some land in her current place of residence.

Asia ‘missing’ 96 million women: UN

News from Bangladesh, Mar 08, 2010 / Asia is "missing" about 96 million women-the vast majority in China and India-who died from discriminatory health care and neglect or who were never born at all, the UN estimated on Monday.

The Struggles of Dalai Lama and Aung San Suu Kyi

Asian Tribune, Mar 06, 2010 / The politics of a nation is strengthened by the participation of the people who run the government and the opposition who checks the balance of power.

Burmese Women Stick to Political Beliefs

The Irrawaddy - Thailand, Mar 05, 2010 / While Aung San Suu Kyi remains the most widely-known woman suppressed for her political views in Burma, the jails in that military-ruled country continue to be filled by lesser-known women dissidents being held on a range of questionable charges.

BURMA: Amid Threats, Women Dissidents Stick to Political Beliefs

IPS Inter Press Service, Mar 04, 2010 / While Aung San Suu Kyi remains the most widely-known woman suppressed for her political views in Burma, the jails in that military-ruled country continue to be filled by lesser-known women dissidents being held on a range of questionable charges.

The Hellenic Radio (ERA): News in English, 10-03-03

Cyprus Broadcasting Corp (Hellenic Resources Network), Mar 03, 2010 / Additional measures to bring state deficit down will be officially announced today Wednesday.

Aung San Suu Kyi: a sham appeal | Andrew Heyn

The Guardian - London - UK, Mar 02, 2010 / We heard late last Thursday evening that the Burma's high court would sit the following morning to deliver its decision on Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal.

EU foreign policy chief deplores 'unjust' Suu Kyi decision

EUbusiness - UK, Mar 02, 2010 / EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton on Monday deplored a Myanmar supreme court decision to reject Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against a jail sentence.

US criticises Burma on Suu Kyi appeal

Radio Australia, Feb 28, 2010 / The United States has criticized Burma's Supreme Court for not releasing Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. The court rejected her appeal asking to be freed from house arrest.

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Tulsa World - Tulsa OK, Feb 27, 2010 / Thailand's highest court ruled Friday that ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra abused his power to enrich himself and his family while in office and ordered that $1.4 billion of his telecommunications fortune be seized.

Lawyer For Myanmar's Suu Kyi Optimistic On Release

From the Road - CBS News, Feb 25, 2010 / A lawyer for detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday he is optimistic that Myanmar's highest court will accept an appeal to free her.

Aung San Suu Kyi happy with reorganization of NLD’s CC

Mizzima, Feb 25, 2010 / Aung San Suu Kyi, general secretary of the National League for Democracy has expressed her happiness with the reorganization of the party Central Committee (CC).

Man charged over roadside body

Perth News, Feb 24, 2010 / Myanmar's military junta have taken pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to prison, and charged her today over an incident where an American man swam across a lake in order to visit her.The 63 year old has spent 13 of the past 19 years in imposed isolation at her home since the junta refused to recognise the nld's landslide citory in the country's last elections in 1990. www.bloomberg.com news.yahoo.com www.themalaysianinsider.com Suu Kyi's latest spell of detention began in May 2003 under a law that allows someone deemed a threat to national security to be held without charge, according to Genser, president of the US-based Freedom Now group.

Suu Kyi Happy Tin Oo Is Back

The Irrawaddy - Thailand, Feb 24, 2010 / Detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said she is happy that recently-freed deputy leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), U Tin Oo, has resumed party duties and talked about his political convictions to the media.

UN returns empty handed from Myanmar

Vietnam Tribune, Feb 21, 2010 / A visit by a UN rights envoy to Myanmar has yielded little progress ahead of elections, experts say, in the latest setback for the world body's efforts in the military-ruled nation.

Myanmar Denies UN Envoy A Meeting With Suu Kyi

The How-To Travel Guru - CBS News, Feb 19, 2010 / A United Nations envoy ended his latest mission in Myanmar on Friday, expressing deep regret that the country's ruling military denied him a meeting with detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana had said he would push the government to allow him to meet Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, whom he was also barred from seeing on two previous visits.

UN envoy meets Myanmar junta

24.com, Feb 19, 2010 / A UN envoy met ministers from Myanmar's junta on Friday to press for a meeting with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and to discuss human rights ahead of elections this year.

Burma: MEPs demand Aung San Suu Kyi release

Europa, Feb 18, 2010 / "Burma is one of the most fragile countries in the world as far as human rights are concerned. The situation doesn't seem to get any better."

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" Play an active role in the political life of the country going forward. "
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi AC (; ) (born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese opposition politician and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy.

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Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from elections

AP posted: Thursday 03/11/10 05:32 AM EST

YANGON, Myanmar -A decision by Myanmar's military junta to bar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from upcoming elections drew sharp criticism from around the world

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