Hundreds of armed police kept supporters away from the second day of Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s closed-door trial today.

The UN pleaded with Burma’s secretive government today to open its doors to foreign experts who could help up to two million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation.

Burma today finally let in the first major international aid airlift for survivors of the cyclone that is thought to have killed more than 100,000 people.

Burma’s military junta has arrested a dozen activists and Buddhist monks this month, despite assurances that it has halted its crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, a human rights watchdog said today.

A UN human rights envoy is due to arrive in Burma today on a mission to find out how many people were killed and detained during the regime’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Burma today for his second effort to reconcile the ruling military and its pro-democracy opponents.

At least 70 people held by Burma’s military government following the huge street protests, including 50 members of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, have been released, it was announced today.

Hundreds of riot police, armed with assault rifles and tear gas, moved into position at sites in Rangoon where Burmese protesters staged a bloody, pro-democracy demonstration a month ago today.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has admitted his special envoy’s meeting with Burma’s military leaders about their violent crackdown on democracy activists did not achieve anything.

The UN Human Rights Council today condemned Burma's violent crackdown on protests and urged an immediate investigation of the situation in the country.

Buddhist nuns swelled the forces of anti-government protesters in Burma as up to 20,000 people took to the streets.