Read more Myanmar stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11796/myanmar.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:06:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74065/obama-to-myanmar-free-suu-kyi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Barack Obama today abandoned decades of Western avoidance and told Myanmar's prime minister to free opposition leader and fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in a rare face-to-face meeting. The strong message, delivered during his summit with leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations, signals a further thawing in...http://www.newser.com/story/74065/obama-to-myanmar-free-suu-kyi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 8:08:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73651/burmese-junta-says-it-will-release-suu-kyi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPro-democracy activists are responding skeptically to news that Burma’s ruling junta is considering releasing Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader who has been under house arrest for 14 of the last 20 years. "There is a plan to release her soon so she can organize her party," a government...http://www.newser.com/story/73651/burmese-junta-says-it-will-release-suu-kyi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 17:10:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71308/aung-san-suu-kyi-meets-us-other-diplomats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBurma's military rulers allowed Aung San Suu Kyi to meet with diplomats from the US, Britain and Australia today, an unexpected development that may reflect shifts in Western approaches to the regime. The hourlong meeting took place at a government guest house, after which she was returned to the home...http://www.newser.com/story/71308/aung-san-suu-kyi-meets-us-other-diplomats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 5:28:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70814/suu-kyi-loses-appeal-will-sit-out-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Burmese court rejected Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against her latest spell of house arrest today. The pro-democracy leader, who was convicted of violating her previous sentence after an American swam to her home, will remain confined through next year and will be ineligible for the upcoming election. A...http://www.newser.com/story/70814/suu-kyi-loses-appeal-will-sit-out-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 5:36:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70154/us-to-engage-burmese-junta.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US will directly engage with Burma's military leadership in addition to its current sanctions, Hillary Clinton said yesterday. The secretary of State acknowledged that sanctions alone had failed to change "the lack of democracy in Burma and the authorities’ abysmal record on human rights," and it was time for...http://www.newser.com/story/70154/us-to-engage-burmese-junta.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 6:09:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69723/suu-kyi-launches-appeal-as-junta-frees-7k-cons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLawyers for detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi today appealed her recent conviction that extended her years of house arrest, a day after the ruling junta announced it was releasing thousands of prisoners. Reporters were banned from the hearing, where her lawyers insisted that the law under which...http://www.newser.com/story/69723/suu-kyi-launches-appeal-as-junta-frees-7k-cons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 5:33:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68461/happy-40th-internet-maybe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForty years ago, two UCLA scientists exchanged data via computers, arguably making today the 40th anniversary of the birth of the Internet. "It would be more accurate to say some important seeds of the Internet sprouted with that data transfer," writes Stephen Shankland on CNET, but no matter. It's a...http://www.newser.com/story/68461/happy-40th-internet-maybe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 19:20:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67259/suu-kyi-swimmer-heads-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerican John Yettaw boarded a flight home today, ending an infamous journey that began three months ago with a secret swim to the home of Aung San Suu Kyi that landed them both in prison. Suu Kyi, who repeatedly asked him to leave, and her two live-in aides, are still...http://www.newser.com/story/67259/suu-kyi-swimmer-heads-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 7:17:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67090/suu-kyi-ok-with-lifting-sanctions-on-burma-webb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBurma’s imprisoned opposition leader may be OK with a “new approach” toward the country’s oppressive military regime, Sen. Jim Webb told reporters today. Webb met with Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday, during his visit to the country. “It was my clear impression from her that she is not opposed...http://www.newser.com/story/67090/suu-kyi-ok-with-lifting-sanctions-on-burma-webb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Aug 2009 7:50:01 CDT