Burma’s reformist government has freed more than a dozen political prisoners, but opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for the release of hundreds more still behind bars.

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was warned today to stop calling her country “Burma”.

Democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi and the rest of her party’s newly elected politicians will not attend today’s opening session of Burma’s parliament because they object to wording in their oath of office which says they must “safeguard” the constitution, party officials said.

Elected representatives from the opposition party of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi are unlikely to take their seats in the Burmese parliament on Monday because they disagree with the oath of office.

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to visit Britain and Norway in June on her first trip abroad in 24, a spokesman for her National League for Democracy party said.

Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will take her seat in parliament for the first time on April 23, following her historic election victory earlier this month.

Supporters of Burma’s opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi erupted in euphoric cheers yesterday after her party said she won a parliamentary seat in a landmark election, setting the stage for her to take public office for the first time.

Supporters of Burma’s opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi erupted in euphoric cheers today after her party said she won a parliamentary seat in a landmark election, setting the stage for her to take public office for the first time.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s party claimed today she has won a seat in Burma’s parliament after a landmark election, setting the stage for the pro-democracy leader to hold public office for the first time.

Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has suspended her campaigning a week ahead of Burma’s by-elections after falling ill.

Burma’s Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is hitting the campaign trail as an official candidate and travelling to the Irrawaddy delta for the first time in two decades.

Thousands of supporters in Burma’s countryside cheered opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi today as she made a political tour ahead of by-elections, highlighting how quickly and dramatically politics is changing in the long-repressed south-east Asian nation.

Ecstatic cheers of “Long Live Aung San Suu Kyi!” echoed through the streets of Rangoon as Burma’s best-known woman registered her candidacy for a parliamentary by-election.

BURMA freed some of its most famous political inmates, sparking jubilation outside prison gates and signalling its readiness to meet Western demands for lifting economic sanctions.

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Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi spoke to members of the US congress by video today, calling for a commission of inquiry into rights abuses and urging support for steps to open up “the real road to democracy” in Burma.

Key nations want Burma’s government to give all people the opportunity to participate freely in upcoming elections – including political prisoners and detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the UN chief said.

Final arguments in the trial of Burma democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi began today.

Burma’s military rulers tightened security in Yangon today as officials gathered to commemorate the death, 62 years ago, of the father of jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Riot police surrounded Burma’s main prison today as the trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumed.

The opposition party of Aung San Suu Kyi said today the United Nations’ secretary-general’s recent trip to military-ruled Myanmar was a failure but it was not his fault.

The United Nations’ special envoy to Burma is due to visit the country this week to pave the way for a possible visit by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Lawyers for Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi expressed optimism about her case today after the only witness allowed to give evidence for the defence addressed the court in her trial.

Burma’s military government said today that its trial of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi would have no political impact.

Burma's military regime suddenly opened pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's trial to the press today and allowed diplomats to meet her, in the face of worldwide outrage regarding the handling of her case.

Burma's military regime will allow diplomats to meet with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi after today's session of her trial.

A state-controlled newspaper said today Burma’s military rulers were breaking no laws by holding pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for a sixth straight year.

Burma’s military regime, already under fire for blocking international aid to cyclone victims, is expected to decide today whether to extend the detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi or set her free.

Voting began in Burma today as the military government pushed ahead with a referendum on a controversial proposed constitution despite the devastating cyclone that killed tens of thousands.

AUNG SAN SUU KYI’S National League for Democracy party yesterday called on voters to reject the ruling junta’s proposed constitution in a referendum next month.

Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners should be freed, British prime minister Gordon Brown said today.

The UN special envoy to promote political reconciliation in Burma met Aung San Suu Kyi and other opposition party members today, a day after being rebuffed by the country’s military rulers.

A play based on Burma’s inspirational opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will hit Irish theatres in 2008.

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 who has returned to Burma after a four-year ban spoke to officials today about plans to visit prisons.

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.

Burma’s military rulers today lifted a curfew and ended a ban on assembly, which were imposed last month during a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

Burma’s military junta said today that it had detained nearly 3,000 protesters who took part in the pro-democracy uprising and vowed to continue the ruthless crackdown.

The top US diplomat in Burma was summoned today for rare talks with the hardline government a day after its leader announced a conditional offer to meet detained democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi.

A UN envoy is hoping to meet Burma's top two military leaders today to persuade them to ease a violent crackdown on anti-government protesters.

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

The wave of anti-government demonstrations sweeping Burma touched the doorstep of the country's democracy heroine Aung San Suu Kyi today, as Buddhist monks allowed to march past her home today said they were greeted by the detained political leader.

Hundreds of Buddhist monks protested today outside the locked gates of Burma’s most revered temple, challenging the country’s military rulers in the most sustained wave of demonstrations in a decade.

Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 61st birthday today still under house arrest as the military government beefed up security outside the barricaded home of Burma’s pro-democracy leader.