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Myanmar parliament begins choosing govt

Naypyitaw: Myanmar's first parliament in more than two decades nominated five vice-presidential candidates today, one of whom will become president and lead the new military-dominated government.

Egypt's Mubarak hangs on as army steps back

London: Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi told anti-regime protesters in Egypt on Tuesday that 'we're all with you', as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Cairo.

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi gets web access

Yangon: Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has finally had Internet access installed at home after her years of isolation were brought to an end two months ago, an aide said on Friday.

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UN official to meet Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi

A senior United Nations official arrived in Myanmar on Saturday to meet with both government leaders and recently released pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

UN official to Myanmar's junta, Suu Kyi: diplomats

A senior United Nations official will visit Myanmar this weekend to meet the country's military rulers and recently released democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, diplomats said on Friday.

Suu Kyi reunited with younger son

Yangon: Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, freed from house arrest 10 days ago, was reunited with her younger son on Tuesday after about 10 years apart, an AFP reporter wrote.

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Time bombs defused : Myanmar state press

Four time bombs were found and defused this week at a hotel in downtown Yangon, Myanmar's state-controlled press reported on friday.

Myanmar will eventually wake up to democracy, vows Suu Kyi

London: Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi - freed Nov 13 by the military junta after over seven years in house arrest - is sure democracy would come to the country eventually, although s

When Suu Kyi's home was in Congress HQ

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New Delhi: Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, released from prison on Saturday, once lived at the bungalow here that is the Congress headquarters, occupying a room now held by Rahul Gand

Cheers greet Suu Kyi as she renews call for Myanmar democracy

Yangoon: Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, freed from seven years of house arrest, told thousands of wildly cheering supporters on Sunday that she would continue to fight for human rights and

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