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Aung San Suu Kyi fled the scene with the help of her driver, Ko Kyaw Soe Lin, but was arrested upon reaching Ye-U.

On 9 June 2006, Suu Kyi was hospitalised with severe diarrhea and weakness, as reported by a UN representative for National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma.

Arrested, 23 September 2000, Aung San Suu Kyi is placed under house arrest.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

Aung San Suu Kyi was given Honorary Canadian citizenship by the Government of Canada in 2007.

U Aung Kyi is a minister in the cabinet of the junta of the State Peace and Development Council in Myanmar.

Aung Kyi is a retired major general in the Military of Myanmar.

Aung Kyi has a reputation for relative accessibility, compared to the predominantly secretive leaders of the junta.

Name at birth: Daw Aung San Suu KyiAung San Suu Kyi is the Nobel Prize-winning peace activist who is being detained by the military dictatorship of Myanmar.

Aung San Suu Kyi was internationally recognized as a vibrant symbol of resistance to authoritarian rule.

Aung San Suu Kyi came from a distinguished Burmese family.

Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Burma on June 19, 1945.

During 1985 and 1986, Aung San Suu Kyi was a visiting scholar at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, and in 1987 she was a fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies in Simla.

Daw Khin Kyi, her mother, had a stroke in 1988, and Aung San Suu Kyi came back to Rangoon, Myanmar, to help nurse her.

For the first years of her house arrest Aung San Suu Kyi was not allowed to have any visitors, but later her immediate family was allowed to be with her on occasional trips to Myanmar.

Aung San Suu Kyi remained under military surveillance and house arrest until July of 1995.

Further ReadingAung San Suu Kyi has written extensively on the life of her father, on a variety of events in Burma, on intellectual life in Burma and India under colonialism, and on literature and nationalism in Burma.

More information about Aung San Suu Kyi is contained in "Stalking the Stunt Princess" Time International (July 8, 1996.

Aung San Suu Kyi was the third child in her family.

Aung San Suu Kyi was born on 19 June 1945.

Her favourite brother Aung San Lin drowned in a pool accident when Suu Kyi was eight.

Suu Kyi was educated in English Catholic schools for much of her childhood in Burma.

Khin Kyi was appointed as Burmese ambassador to India in 1960, and Aung San Suu Kyi followed her there, graduating from Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi in 1964.

In 1972, Aung San Suu Kyi married Dr.

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Aung San Suu Kyi remained in Burma, and never again saw her husband, who died in March 1999.

Because Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the non-violent, compassionate leaders of our time.

Aung San Suu Kyi was educated in Burma, India, and the United Kingdom.

Aung San Suu Kyi has been in and out of arrest ever since.

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for up to five years without charge or trial.

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Aung San Suu Kyi is placed under house arrest.

Aung San Suu Kyi meets the regimes newly appointed liaison officer, Aung Kyi, but no details of their discussion are made public.

Aung San Suu Kyi meets NLD leadership.

Aung San Suu Kyi meets UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari.

of Military Recruitment of Under-age Children.

between October 2007 and January 2007.

The state-run New Light of Myanmar reported on the meeting, stating that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi had had her request granted to meet her lawyer for 55 minutes on 1 September.

Kyi Win refuted the government’s implication that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was unwilling to meet the minister.

With regard to the offer of a visit from her physician, Kyi Win said Daw Aung San Suu Kyi had said it was unnecessary given that he had visited her on 17 August and was only supposed to be carrying out monthly check-ups.

Kyi Win said that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was also worried about the restrictions placed on Daw Khin Khin Win, her assistant and companion.

Kyi Win said that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was also upset not to be able to read letters from her family.

New Delhi - Burma's state controlled media on Wednesday said detained opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has refused to meet her family doctor, Tin Myo Win, and the government's Liaison Minister appointed to mediate between her and junta supremo Than Shwe.

Though the government had also planned to send her family doctor on the same day and arrange another meeting with the Liaison Minister Aung Kyi on Monday, Aung San Suu Kyi had refused meeting both the doctor and the minister, the paper said.

Labor Minister Aung Kyi was appointed the Laison Minister in October last year after the United Nations pressured the government to kick-start the process of reconciliation following the junta's brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters in September.

While the information remains unconfirmed, Nyan Win said Aung San Suu Kyi has refused to receive her weekly food supplies since mid-August.

Kyi Win on last Monday met the detained National League for Democracy party amidst rumors that Aung San Suu Kyi has refused to accept her weekly food supplies since mid-August, leading analysts to think she is on a hunger strike.

The military government on Wednesday denied the rumors saying Aung San Suu Kyi is in fine health and is not on hunger strike.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been under some form of detention for more than 12 of the past 19 years.

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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is front-page news in BurmaRANGOON (AP) -- Detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi received rare front-page billing Saturday in Burma's state-controlled press, which said the ruling military junta was "putting energy" into democratic reforms demanded by the international community.

Immediately before and after talks with her political allies, Suu Kyi met with Aung Kyi, the general appointed as the "minister for relations" with the opposition leader, according to the New Light of Myanmar newspaper.

Suu Kyi has been detained for 12 of the past 18 years, and continuously since May 2003.

Suu Kyi said she will also ask Aung Kyi to arrange for her to see the other party leaders whenever necessary.

initiated dialogue in 2002-2003, begun when Suu Kyi was serving an earlier term of house arrest, withered without making any headway.

To The TopDaw Aung San Suu Kyi meets with her partyLos Angeles TimesUNITED NATIONS -- Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met leaders of her party for the first time in three years Friday and told them she was optimistic that a two-decade-long stalemate with the Burmese government may be thawing, her spokesman said.

Suu Kyi has been in and out of prison and house arrest since her party won 1990 elections and 82% of parliament seats in Myanmar, which is also called Burma.

To The TopDaw Aung San Suu Kyi says 'time for healing' after junta meetingRANGOON (AFP) - Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is optimistic after meeting Friday with a junta official and believes it is time for the "healing process" to start, her party said.

To The TopDaw Aung San Suu Kyi resigned to house arrestRANGOON (AP) - Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday that she is "very optimistic" about the UN.

Suu Kyi was taken to the guest house from her home nearby where she is kept under house arrest.

Suu Kyi has been in government detention for 12 of the past 18 years, and continuously since May 2003.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said she believed the ruling authorities have the will for national reconciliation," NLD spokesman Nyan Win said in a statement after the meetings.

Analysts say they are watching to determine whether the ruling generals' outreach to Aung San Suu Kyi is genuine or whether it falls into a well-established pattern of short-lived concessions toward dissidents followed by a return to a hard-line stance.

Aung San Suu Kyi has been called to negotiate with the generals several times over the past 17 years, sometimes in secret.

INIGO GILMORE: And Bo Kyi has further revelations which underline the urgency of Mr.

Gambari was being told that getting the senior generals to sit down to talks with Aung San Suu Kyi remains a big challenge for the UN.

BURMA'S detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi today met with top members of her party as well as with a government liaison officer.

Aung San Suu Kyi was last allowed to meet with her party's leadership on November 9, when she spoke with four top party members for about one hour at the same military compound.

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Suu Kyi is believed to have met with Labor Minister Aung Kyi, who is also serving as the minister of relations, a position the junta created in early October to be a liaison between government and Suu Kyi.

Observing that the appointment of Aung Kyi as official liaison with Aung San Suu Kyi was one of Gambari’s proposals, Khalilzad added: “Thats a good thing, and the meeting is a good thing, but not sufficient.

Reiterating the US demand that there is a need for “a full reconciliation process to start, a transition to begin,” Khalilzad said this means that “Aung San Suu Kyi has to be in circumstances where she can consult, meet with her party members, and have informed discussions with the government with regard to the transition.

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YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is optimistic after meeting Friday with a junta official and believes it is time for the "healing process" to start, her party said.

Aung San Suu Kyi met with three senior party members -- Aung Shwe, Lwin, Nyunt Wai -- and spokesman Nyan Win before meeting with Labour Minister Aung Kyi, whom the generals appointed as a go-between following international outrage at their deadly crackdown.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said she believed the ruling authorities have the will for national reconciliation," Nyan Win said in a statement read out to reporters after the meetings.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said the bad events in September and October were sorrowful, not only for the NLD, but also for the government and the people," Nyan Win said.

Regarding these demands, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said she will try to get a solution for these demands," Nyan Win said.

As of October 24, Aung San Suu Kyi has spent a total of 13 years under house arrest, State Department spokesman Robert Wood said in a statement.

Over the many years, Aung San Suu Kyi has endured unlawful detention, she has remained a steady beacon of hope and inspiration to those seeking a peaceful, democratic Burma, he said.

Aung San Suu Kyi has reportedly added a hunger strike to her arsenal of weapons against Burmas ruling junta, which has kept her under house arrest since 1989.

Aung San Suu Kyi has reportedly added a hunger strike to her arsenal of weapons against Burmas ruling junta, which has kept.

Political observers in Rangoon noted that this was the first time that Suu Kyi had attempted to use the courts to challenge the juntas right to keep her under house arrest.

Suu Kyi has previously told Burmas military regime she wants a resumption of talks on national reconciliation.

Suu Kyi was personally informed of her continued imprisonment by officials from the Home Ministry who entered her home prior to the announcement, the official said.

In an increasingly jaded world of political apathy and power-hungry institutions, Aung San Suu Kyi is truly that rare heroine of legend - a symbol of hope - championing the rights of individuals in the face of human rights violations and dictatorial oppression.

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets with junta officialPro-democracy activist has been under house arrest for 12 of last 18 yearsAFP - Getty Images FILEMyanmar pro-democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi—under house arrest for 12 of the last 18 years—met for about one hour with a Burmese military government official Thursday afternoon, a diplomat said.

The New Light of Burma newspaper, a mouthpiece of the junta, said Deputy Labor Minister Aung Kyi had been appointed to coordinate contacts with Suu Kyi.

a telephone call informing her that her mother has suffered a severe stroke.

arrest on 10 July but is not allowed to travel outside Rangoon.

standoff beginning on 23 July Suu Kyi remains by her car for six days.

when she attempts to travel to the countryside on 24 August.

arrest and 92 members of the NLD are detained.

between her and the regime recommenced in October 2000.

On 6 May Suu Kyi is released from her 19-month detention.

a two-room hut at the Insein Prison on the outskirts of the capital.

the Insein Prison to a military guesthouse outside Rangoon.

did not attend the first convention (she was in detention at the time.

the junta implements basic political reforms.

Suu Kyi has been permitted to meet with members of the NLD since her rearrest.

allowed a visit from a foreigner in over two years.

A week later Suu Kyi receives a medical checkup, including an ultrasound.

prospects of dialogue with the junta.

Suu Kyi is the symbol of the Burmese people's struggle for freedom.

of its commitment to democracy and human rights.

Myanmar Dissident Meets With PartyBy THOMAS FULLERMyanmars pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met with members of her party for the first time in three years amid signs that a political deadlock may be easing.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Rangoon, Burma, on June 19, 1945.

Aung San Suu Kyi was no longer the general secretary of the party.

1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

from house arrest a second time in May 2002.

pursue her political activities as leader of the NLD.

New Light of Myanmar newspaper news reported , Kyi had been appointed “minister for relations" to coordinate contacts with Suu Kyi, a country"s democracy icon.

Aung San Suu Kyi received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, not 1992.

Myanmar opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi has left her house arrest to meet with government officials.

Yesterday, protests around the world yesterday marked the 12 years that Aung San Suu Kyi has spent in detention or house arrest.

Luis Ramirez "Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Meets With Burmese Government.

Suu Kyi was driven a few minutes from her home to a government guest house, where she held talks with newly appointed liaison minister, Aung Kyi.

A retired major general, Aung Kyi was appointed to the post on October 8 to hold talks with Suu Kyi.

Aung Kyi has a reputation among foreign diplomats, UN officials and aid groups as being relatively accessible and reasonable compared to top junta leaders, who are highly suspicious of outsiders.

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YANGON (Reuters) - Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is frustrated at a lack of talks on political reform with the ruling military junta since last year's bloody crackdown on dissent, her party said on Wednesday.

In another sign of junta intransigence, NLD number two Tin Oo, who like Suu Kyi has been under house arrest since May 2003, was barred from attending the meeting, held at a government guest house under heavy armed guard.

BURMA'S detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has accepted food rations for the first time in a month, after her doctor found her so weak that he placed her on a drip.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was eating thriftily because she gave her food to her housekeeper, Daw Khin Khin Win, who is not in good health, the statement said, using an honorific before her name.

The Burma official said that Aung San Suu Kyi had been allowed to receive copies of news magazines such as Time and Newsweek, but so far she had not been allowed to receive any messages from her family.

Aung San Suu Kyi has refused to meet with anyone other than her lawyer and her doctor since early August, declining to hold talks with visiting UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari and with the liaison officer, Labour Minister Aung Kyi.

Jan 31, 2008 (AP)–Detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is not satisfied with the progress of her meetings with a representative of the ruling military junta, a member of her political party said Wednesday.

She said Aung Kyi had insisted that political change must wait until the government completes a roadmap to democracy at some future time — a position Aung San Suu Kyi described as totally wrong.

Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Friday with members of her opposition party -- their first direct contact in more than three years.

An Asian diplomat, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said Suu Kyi met with junta official Aung Kyi, who was appointed the junta's "minister for relations" with Suu Kyi last month amid global outrage over the junta's brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

In the interest of the nation, I stand ready to cooperate with the government in order to make this process of dialogue a success," Suu Kyi said in her statement, which Gambari read aloud Thursday evening in Singapore.

Suu Kyi said nothing about accepting conditions set by Than Shwe before he will meet with her.

Friday's meeting between Suu Kyi and Aung Kyi was the second since his appointment in the aftermath of the September crackdown.

CNN) -- Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ready to cooperate with the government and is committed to pursuing a dialogue with the ruling junta, according to a statement the United Nations' special envoy to Myanmar read Thursday on her behalf.

On Friday Suu Kyi was able to meet with three executive members of her National League for Democracy and a party spokesman -- the first time they have met in more than three years.

Members of her party said Suu Kyi was very optimistic about prospects of the process for reconciliation, the Associated Press reported.

Suu Kyi described her October 25 meeting with the liaison officer as constructive, said the statement read by Gambari.

It could have been a sign that Suu Kyi was ready to forgive what had happened in Depayin the year before, when government thugs attacked her convoy, killing some of her supporters.

With her aging “uncles” now in ineffective control of the National League for Democracy, the need to hear from Suu Kyi remains vital.

Among the latest rumors surrounding Suu Kyi was a report that a black sedan had driven up University Avenue and had taken her to meet some high-ranking officials.

Last week, Suu Kyi was taken out of her house for a meeting with Labour Minister Aung Kyi, who was recently appointed as “liaison minister.

Aung San Suu Kyi was born on June 19, 1945 in the city of Rangoon, Burma.

Suu Kyi is placed under house arrest in the city of Rangoon.

Aung San Sunn Kyi was released from house arrest on July 10, 1995.

Aung San Suu Kyi is among the many mentioned in the book.

Aung San Sunn Kyi has been fighting for all these years.

Although no details of the hour-long talk have been released, images of the meeting were broadcast on state television, a rarity in a country where Aung San Suu Kyi has spent years out of the public eye.

Aung San Suu Kyi has staunchly refused to drop her support for international sanctions on the regime, a condition set by junta leader General Than Shwe for further talks toward national reconciliation.

Aung San Suu Kyi is the leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar, also known as Burma.

Aung San Suu Kyi was born to General Aung San, the commander of the Burma Independent Army, and a senior hospital nurse Mah Khin Kyi on June 19, 1945 in Rangoon, Burma.

Suu Kyi married Michael Arris in 1972, In the 1970s, she gave birth to two sons, Kim and Alexander, and began research for a biography of her father.

In 2004, Suu Kyi was crowned one of Times 100 Heroes Icons.

Suu Kyi is thehead of the National League for Democracy, which was elected to lead theMyanmar in 1990.

YANGON, Sept 3: Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has refused to meet the junta's liaison officer and declined a visit from her personal physician, state media said on Wednesday.

The NLD has said that Aung San Suu Kyi has stopped collecting her food supplies, but stressed that the circumstances were unclear and has not called her actions a hunger strike.

attacked, captured and put under house arrest since May 30, 2003.

despite being largely silenced by the generals.

decided to turn to such drastic measures.

The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece of the junta, printed a brief official announcement on its front page saying that Kyi had been appointed "minister for relations" to coordinate contacts with Suu Kyi, the country's democracy icon.

Aung Kyi has a reputation among foreign diplomats, UN.

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Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Monday for a third time with the Cabinet minister designated to handle relations with her in the latest effort to nudge along political reconciliation in Myanmar.

Suu Kyi met for an hour with Relations Minister Aung Kyi at a government guest house near her lakeside home where she is held under house arrest, said officials and nearby residents, all of whom spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release official information.

Aung Kyi was appointed on Oct 8 at the urging of UN.

Aung Kyi is tasked with coordinating contacts with Suu Kyi, who has been in detention for 12 of the last 18 years.

Suu Kyi met Aung Kyi for the first time on Oct 25 and then again on Nov 9, when she was also allowed to meet the leaders of her opposition National League for Democracy party for the first time in more than three years.

In a statement released through Gambari on Nov 8, Suu Kyi said her first meeting with Aung Kyi was constructive.