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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 10:34 AM
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UN envoy fails to meet Suu Kyi
Source: al Jazeera

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's detained democracy leader, has refused to meet with Ibrahim Gambari, the visiting UN envoy, state television said.

Gambari flew to Yangon hoping to revive talks between the Nobel Peace Prize winner and the military government, but he was shunned by her and by the military's senior leadership.

Aung San Suu Kyi ignored pleas by two of Gambari's aides for her to speak with him, state TV said on Saturday.

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"Last time she met him but there has been no progress since then....She won't want to be used for Gambari to say his mission is working."

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/08/200882472625925589.html
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strategery blunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 01:40 PM
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1. Yeah, right.
Far more likely that Burma didn't ALLOW the UN envoy to speak with Suu Kyi, and state media is claiming Suu Kyi "refused" to cover Burma's ass.
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