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Myanmar junta official meets Aung San Suu Kyi

AP - Wed Dec 9, 8:22 am ET

Detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken from her home Wednesday into unannounced talks with a junta official, the first in two months, officials said.

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No progress despite engagement with Myanmar: US official
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 9:56 am ET
There are no signs of progress towards democratic change in Myanmar despite Washington's decision to hold direct talks with the country's military rulers, a senior US diplomat said Wednesday.
Myanmar junta calls detained Suu Kyi "dishonest"
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 9:50 am ET
Myanmar's ruling junta on Wednesday dismissed reconciliatory moves by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as insincere and dishonest, dealing a blow to efforts to engage with the reclusive regime.
Myanmar junta official meets Aung San Suu Kyi
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 8:22 am ET
Detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken from her home Wednesday into unannounced talks with a junta official, the first in two months, officials said.
Suu Kyi Meets With Myanmar Junta Representative
INO News - Wed Dec 9, 7:41 am ET
(RTTNews) - Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met with a member of the country's military administration, the third such meeting within two months, at a time the United States and the European Union took initiatives to work more closely with the ruling Generals.
Police seek public's help in finding missing kayaker
Honolulu Advertiser - Wed Dec 9, 7:11 am ET
Big Island police are asking for the public's help in finding a man reported missing after apparently going kayaking off South Kohala.
Renown Myanmar monk to talk at Roosevelt today
Honolulu Advertiser - Wed Dec 9, 7:10 am ET
One of Myanmar's best-known monks will give a free public Dhamma talk on "Compassion and Buddhism" today from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Roosevelt High School auditorium.
Well-known Burma monk giving Hawaii speech
Honolulu Advertiser - Wed Dec 9, 7:03 am ET
One of Burma's best known monks will give a free public Dhamma talk on "Compassion and Buddhism" today from 7 to 8 p.m. at Roosevelt High School's auditorium during his first visit to Hawaii.
Thailand set to dominate SEA Games
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Dec 9, 7:02 am ET
Myanmar and Vietnam won two gold medals each at the Southeast Asian Games, as eight finals were decided before the formal opening of the event later Wednesday. Ya Min K-Khine, a 16-year-old from Myanmar, won individual gold in women's taekwondo, while the country's sepak takraw women's team also won a gold.
Father Emil Kapaun: As hundreds die, Kapaun rallies the POWs
The Wichita Eagle - Wed Dec 9, 6:59 am ET
By February 1951 the Allied prisoners at Pyoktong, North Korea , were dying so fast on ground frozen so solid that unburied bodies lay in stacks three to four feet high, 30 to 40 yards long. Men hoarded food or stole it from the weak, and left sick men to die in their own defecation.
Philippines launches offensive against massacre suspects - Summary
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 6:31 am ET
Manila - Philippine security forces launched Wednesday an offensive against militiamen suspected of being involved in a grisly massacre of 57 people two weeks ago, a military spokesman said. Major Randolph Cabangbang said a joint team of soldiers and...
Myanmar opposition leader meets with junta representative - Summary
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 5:47 am ET
Yangon - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday met with a representative of the ruling junta, shortly after she penned a letter to the country's military supremo claiming she wanted to help the regime in nation building. Aung Kyi, ...
Junta official meets with Aung San Suu Kyi
FOX 11 Tucson - Wed Dec 9, 4:33 am ET
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Officials say detained Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was escorted from her home into unannounced talks with a junta official for the first time in two months.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets gov't liaison: official
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 3:54 am ET
Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the junta's liaison officer at a state guesthouse for 45 minutes Wednesday, an official told AFP.
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Meets Government Liaison - Official
Nasdaq - Wed Dec 9, 3:47 am ET
YANGON (AFP)--Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the junta's liaison officer at a state guesthouse for 45 minutes Wednesday, an official said.
Concerns deepen over local refugees
Greensboro News & Record - Wed Dec 9, 3:07 am ET
GREENSBORO — Guilford County’s resettlement agencies are taking in too many refugees without enough resources to support them, faith leaders said this week. Recent concern has focused on the plight of newly settled Iraqis at the Hunters Glen Apartments, along with the story of a homeless Burmese refugee who arrived at Greensboro Urban Ministry’s shelter in November. read more