Yangon, Burma News

"Hello, just looking" are the words you hear from the street vendors in the town of Nyaungshwe on Inle Lake in Burma.

The Supreme Court will hear pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against her latest house detention handed down in August, Myanmar news sources report.

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2009 file photo, Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, walks with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell after their meeting in Yangon, Myanmar.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 YANGON: Myanmar's Supreme Court began hearing an appeal on Monday against the extended house arrest of detained opposition leader and pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's legal team on Monday asked the Supreme Court to accept her appeal against an 18-month sentence of house detention that would make it impossible for the democracy icon to participate in next year's planned election.

A detained Burmese-American appeared weak and thin as he made a court appearance Friday in Burma's main city, Rangoon.

YANGON: Myanmar's government accused armed separatists Friday of a bomb attack that killed eight people and left 13 others injured at a market in the country's restive Karen state, state media and officials said.

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived here on Saturday to start a visit to Myanmar, the third leg of his four-nation Asian tour.

Burma's military rulers have said ethnic Karen rebels are responsible for a bomb that killed at least seven people, state-run media have said.

Seven people were killed and 11 injured when a bomb exploded in southeastern Myanmar, official media reported on Friday, blaming ethnic Karen separatists for the attack.

" An Indonesian and a Taiwanese, who are owners of recently seized fishing boats, arrived in Rangoon this week to negotiate with Burmese authorities.

Detained Myanmar opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been able to meet top officials of her National League for Democracy.

Two farmers involved in a land dispute in Burma which was taken up by the International Labour Organisation were yesterday given seven-year prison sentences.

Myanmar has been encouraging literatus in the country to strive for developing Myanmar literature and arts, calling for serving national interest and educating people with literature as well as to lead people applying modern arts, new thoughts, theories and ideas.

Myanmar Liaison Minister U Aung Kyi met with house-confined General Secretary of the National League for Democracy Aung San Suu Kyi, here Wednesday, the State Radio reported at night.

A jailed U.S. citizen, on a protest hunger strike for more than a week in military-ruled Myanmar, was not able to appear in court because of poor health, his lawyers said Saturday.

" The Burmese military regime destroyed Kyat 93 billion worth of seized drugs in eastern Burma on Tuesday, the state-run media reported.

" In a sudden development, detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had a meeting again with Burmese military junta's Liaison Minister Aung Kyi for about 45 minutes on Wednesday at the state guesthouse in Rangoon, her party spokesperson said.

Yangon on Wednesday proposed that Bangladesh set up joint-venture industries and agricultural farms in Myanmar utilizing its huge workforce and Myanmar's abundant land.

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.