National League for Democracy News

Some NLD members are voicing cautious optimism about negotiations between the Burmese junta and Aung San Suu Kyi, following the third meeting in three months between her and the junta's liaison officer, Aung Kyi, on Wednesday.

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.

As we remember the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and mark International Human Rights Day tomorrow, there are many countries and people who deserve our immediate attention, including, urgently, Burma.

Myanmar's state media accused detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi of using the media to make the country's military rulers look bad, warning Wednesday it could hurt her efforts to meet with the junta chief.

Elections are due next year in Burma, and they will most probably go exactly according to the plan of the governing military junta.

A monk who appeared at the Rangoon courtroom on the day Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced in August has been imprisoned for two years, family sources said.

Burmese opposition leaders are awaiting the appointment of a new UN special envoy to Burma to replace outgoing envoy Ibrahim Gambari, who has been appointed a special representative to work on the Darfur issue.

Many young people in Burma say they won't go to the polling booths in next year's junta-sponsored general election if there are no political parties representing public interests, according to a poll conducted by The Irrawaddy .

" The US Embassy in Rangoon on Friday remained tight lipped and refused to provide information on the alleged deportation of an American teacher last weekend by Burmese authorities.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday announced that Ibrahim Gambari would stop being the special envoy to military-ruled Burma and a replacement will be sought.

COX 'S BAZAAR, Bangladesh and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - " Twenty years after the November 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, a repressive barricade is being quietly raised in the jungles of Burma.

The headquarters of Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy was crowded Tuesday with 150 HIV-positive visitors to mark World Aids Day.

A group called Veteran Politicians has sent a letter to Burmese junta leader Snr-Gen Than Shwe urging him to promote a policy of national reconciliation and unity leading up to the 2010 election.

To answer the frequently asked query - is democracy possible in Burma - is yes. But what democracy is the following question.

In the wake of a meeting attended by the all-powerful military elite, Burma's military regime is due to come under close scrutiny for concrete signs of change leading up to a promised general elections in 2010.

The imprisoned activist Min Ko Naing is in urgent need of medical attention, according to the National League for Democracy .

A renewed US push seems destined to fail as the junta pursues self-interest. O NE of the few predictable aspects of Burmese politics is how the ruling military regime responds to outside attempts to influence the direction of the country's internal affairs.

The conditions set by Burma's opposition National League for Democracy for its participation in the election planned for 2010 won the support of around 400 participants in a symposium in Tokyo on Monday.

The promised 2010 elections in Burma are the talk of the town these days. Future uncertainties for the country's military regime as well as the popular opposition notwithstanding, today's election discourses may be diagnosed with a serious historical amnesia.

The U.S. said ita s hopeful that political dialogue can begin in Myanmar between the military government and opposition parties after pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi wrote to junta chief Senior General Than Shwe .