Myanmar's Suu Kyi said to welcome new US approach

Sep. 24, 2009
Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi welcomes a U.S. initiative to step up contacts with Myanmar's military government, a spokesman for her political party said Thursday. Nyan Win, spokesman for the National League for Democracy party, said Suu Kyi...
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