Ban to hold more talks in Myanmar
July 4, 2009
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UN chief seeks to gain junta ruler's permission to see Aung San Suu Kyi in jail.
UN chief seeks to gain junta ruler's permission to see Aung San Suu Kyi in jail.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to hold an unexpected second meeting with Myanmar's junta leader as he presses the regime to free the pro-democracy leader and allow him to see her.
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- As U2 kicks off its world tour, the Irish rockers are turning a spotlight on Myanmar's jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi....
The Irish Times, Centrist daily, Dublin, Ireland
Yangon - Myanmar's junta on Saturday snubbed United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's requests to free opposition leader
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday he was "deeply disappointed" after Burma's military ruler rejected his second and final request to meet jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
U2 World Tour Pays Tribute To Myanmar's Jailed Democracy Icon Aung San Suu Kyi