Ban Ki-moon seen struggling in U.N. role
NEW YORK, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is struggling in his attempts to establish himself as a diplomatic peacemaker, sources say.
Monday, October 6
Topic: Aung San Suu Kyi
U.S. President George W. Bush signs H.R. 4286, bestowing the Congressional Gold Medal in absentia to Nobel laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 6, 2008. (UPI Photo/Yuri Gripas)
Aung San Suu Kyi is the subject or is mentioned in the following stories:
Myanmar journalist released from prison
YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Myanmar journalist U Win Tin was released after 19 years in jail Tuesday as part of an amnesty announced by the country's military junta, advocates said.
Aung San Suu Kyi reported on hunger strike
YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Aung San Suu Kyi's party says the Nobel Peace Prize winner is on a hunger strike to protest her continued house arrest in Myanmar.
U.N. envoy meets with Myanmar opposition
RANGOON, Myanmar, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A U.N. envoy has tried to encourage talks between Myanmar opposition leaders and the country's military rulers, a U.N. spokesman said.
Myanmar dissidents stay out of sight
YANGON, Myanmar, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A student opposition movement in Myanmar is leaving its trademark red cross in public places but is otherwise keeping a low profile, its members say.
Myanmar protest ends in arrests
YANGON, Myanmar, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- At least 48 people have been arrested in Myanmar for holding a march to mark the 20th anniversary of a pro-democracy revolt, activists said.
Panties sought for Myanmar protest
MONTREAL, May 28 (UPI) -- Two Canadian human rights group in Quebec are calling for women to mail panties to Myanmar's embassy to protest the ruling military junta.
Bush troubled by Suu Kyi's detention
WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- The extension of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest by Myanmar's ruling junta is troubling, U.S. President George Bush said Tuesday.
Myanmar extends Suu Kyi detention
YANGON, Myanmar, May 27 (UPI) -- The ruling military junta in Myanmar Tuesday moved to extend the detention of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi by another six months, a newspaper editor said.
Myanmar storm aid logjam breaking?
YANGON, Myanmar, May 27 (UPI) -- Relief agencies say they are starting to get more personnel into Myanmar nearly a month after a cyclone left some 135,000 people dead or missing.
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