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Myanmar's Suu Kyi appeal, EU negotiations to open

AFP - 2 hours 47 minutes ago

Military-ruled Myanmar's supreme court has agreed to hear an appeal against the extended house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, an official said Friday.

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Supreme Court to hear appeal arguments of Aung San Suu Kyi
EARTHtimes.org - 2 hours 22 minutes ago
Yangon - Myanmar's Supreme Court will later this month hear opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's request for an appeal against her 18-month sentence to house detention, Suu Kyi's lawyer said Friday. The court is due to hear Suu Kyi's arguments to app...
Myanmar Court Allows Suu Kyi to Appeal
CBS News - 1 hour 2 minutes ago
Opposition Leader, Democracy Icon Given Another Chance to Fight Extended Detention
Free political prisoner, Chrysler TV ad says
Detroit Free Press - Thu Dec 3, 12:43 pm ET
A new television ad for Chrysler vehicles calls for the release of Burmese political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, who won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.
UN chief names new head of Darfur peacekeeping force
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 12:31 am ET
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has named his special envoy to Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, as new head of the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Ban's office said Thursday on its website.
German tourists bike from China to Myanmar
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 4, 1:31 am ET
Yangon - A group of eight German tourists have biked from China to Myanmar as a part of a regional cycling tour that will end in land-locked Laos, industry sources said Friday. The tourists are now in central Myanmar enjoying a 800-mile (1,280-kilom...
NBR names `Up in the Air' best film of the year
AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 6 minutes ago
"Up in the Air" was named best picture from the National Board of Review and won a total of four awards.
Chrysler Brand Joins Effort to Free 1991 Nobel Peace Laureate in New TV Film
The Auto Channel - Thu Dec 3, 9:25 pm ET
In an innovative new TV film breaking today, the Chrysler brand has joined with Lancia Automobiles and the international community in the movement to call for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's pro-democracy leader and 1991 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, who has been in and out of house arrest since 1989.
Top India rebel leader surrenders, but peace doubtful
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 45 minutes ago
A top rebel leader from India's northeast surrendered Friday, police said, but peace in the troubled region remained elusive with the group's powerful military wing chief still holding out.
Officials: Top Indian rebel arrested
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 6 minutes ago
The commander of a powerful rebel movement in India's remote northeast was arrested along with a top deputy, officials said Friday, in a major blow to a separatist army already crippled by a string of arrests.
Utahn's pet Burmese python dies at age 43
Deseret News - Fri Dec 4, 3:09 am ET
Marty Bone will be sleeping alone. His main "Squeezer" died Tuesday.
Chrysler adds activism to sedan ad
Detroit Free Press - Fri Dec 4, 3:33 am ET
This isn't Snoop Dogg's sled any more. In a bold and risky move aimed at getting people talking, Chrysler has launched a new ad for its flagship 300 sedan that includes political activism not characteristic in automotive advertising.
New Chrysler ad features 300, social conscience
Detroit News - Thu Dec 3, 1:49 pm ET
It's not your typical Chrysler ad. A television commercial for the Chrysler brand debuting today features the Chrysler 300 while calling for the release of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi who has been under numerous house arrests since 1989.
WITH VIDEO: Free prisoner, Chrysler ad says
Detroit Free Press - Thu Dec 3, 12:50 pm ET
A new television ad for Chrysler vehicles calls for the release of Burmese political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, who won the 1991 Nobel Peach Prize.
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USA Today - Fri Dec 4, 12:59 am ET
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North Korean rights groups want Kim put on trial
Los Angeles Times - Fri Dec 4, 3:16 am ET
A South Korean-based coalition, acting on behalf of 150 refugees, is pushing the international court at The Hague to charge Kim Jong Il. It presents the refugees' accounts of the brutal regime. Lee Kyung-hee took a deep breath Thursday, and then she recounted the nightmare when her newborn was killed before her eyes in a North Korean prison.