Suu Kyi Wants To Meet Myanmar Junta Leader
THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Myanmar's chief democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi says she wants to meet the leader of the country's military junta to "let him speak first" about the country's political deadlock.

In a telephone interview Friday with The Globe and Mail, Ms. Suu Kyi said she wants to hold talks with Senior General Than Shwe but wouldn't go into them with a list of demands.

"What I want to do is just start talking. I'd like to let him speak first. Dialogue is not just about what you want to say," she said, speaking from Rangoon, the capital of Myanmar.

The interview was the first Ms. Suu Kyi has given to a Canadian newspaper since she was released from house arrest on Saturday.

She said she was "exhausted" at the end of her first week of freedom, which was filled with meetings with her supporters in Myanmar and abroad, phone calls to family members she hasn't seen in years and a visit to a Rangoon home for HIV/AIDS sufferers.

Ms. Suu Kyi, who has been under detention for 14 of the past 20 years, said she has been surprised and impressed with the level of political involvement among the younger generation in Myanmar, which is also known as Burma.

Earlier this week, the 65-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate called for a "peaceful revolution" in her country. >>> Mark MacKinnon | Friday, November 19, 2010

Watch video: Suu Kyi says Myanmar still under junta's iron grip: Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says her release from house arrest is not a sign that the military junta is softening its grip on the country. She spoke Thursday to The Associated Press. >>> AP | Thursday, November 18, 2010

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THE GLOBE AND MAIL: The Lady from Burma >>> Karen Connelly | Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Junta to Put Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Trial
Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo credit: TimesOnline
TIMESONLINE: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s democracy leader, is to stand trial on Monday at Rangoon’s notorious Insein prison in connection with a visit from a mysterious American last week, her party said last night.

A motorcade which included her car and several police vehicles left her lakeside home early this morning and drove to the prison.

“Her lawyer said the authorities will charge the lady and her two maids at the court in Insein prison,” said Nyan Win, spokesman for Ms Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party.

It was not clear what charges she faced but exile groups said she was likely to be charged under a cover-all public security law which is often used against political dissidents and could face a prison term of up to seven years.

Ms Suu Kyi., 63, has already spent more than 13 of the last 19 years — including the past six — in detention without trial for her non-violent promotion of democracy, despite international pressure for her release.

A trial could be used to justify another extension of her detention, which officially ends on May 27. The military junta has repeatedly found reasons to extend her periods of house arrest. >>> Anne Barrowclough | Thursday, May 14, 2009

Burma on the Boil
BBC: Burma's ruling military junta has warned it is ready to "take action" against Buddhist monks leading mounting protests, state media have reported.

Brig Gen Thura Myint Maung, minister for religion, warned them not to break Buddhist "rules and regulations" as Rangoon saw the largest march yet.

He blamed the protests on "destructive elements" opposed to peace in Burma.

Monks are highly revered in Burma and any move by the junta to crush their demonstrations would spark an outcry. Burmese military threatens monks (more)

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Burma’s junta threatens action

Mark Alexander