Burma’s Nobel Prize-winning pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi faced new charges today less than two weeks before her house arrest was due to end after an American man swam across a lake and entered her home, her lawyer said.

Burma’s exiled prime minister today continues his Irish visit with a scheduled meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern.

Burma’s exiled prime minister will today begin a series of meetings in Dublin following the regime’s crackdown on democracy protests in his native country.

Burma’s exiled prime minister is in Dublin and Belfast this week to meet politicians and attend public events.

Up to five people were feared dead tonight after Burma’s ruthless military government ordered troops to open fire on crowds of demonstrators.