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A state of emergency has been declared in a central Burmese town where at least 20 people have been killed in violence between Buddhists and Muslims.

MARCH

Aung San Suu Kyi says her visit to Ireland will be one of the "unforgettable" days of her life.

Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is set to visit Ireland next month to receive a prestigious human rights honour.

Human rights campaigners are finalising plans for Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Ireland next month.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for supporting democratisation by making a political compromise.

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to visit Britain on her first trip abroad in 24 years in June.

David Cameron is to become the first Western leader to visit Aung San Suu Kyi since the Nobel Peace Prize laureate was elected to parliament.

Democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party has won a landslide victory in historic Burmese elections.

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.

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says the government has approved her National League for Democracy to run in upcoming by-elections.

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi formally registered her party today for any upcoming elections, returning the once-captive Nobel laureate to the political arena.

Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met Thailand’s prime minister in her first ever audience with a head of government from the region, her political party said.

Burma’s government has approved opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party to register for a coming by-election, formally bringing the pro-democracy group back into the country’s political arena, state-run media said.

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi intends to run for parliament in upcoming by-elections in Burma.

Senior members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party is meeting to decide whether to register it as a legal body so that it can take part in future elections.

Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's party is set to register itself as a legal body so that it can take part in future elections in Burma.

Burma's president has signed a revised law on political parties in an apparent attempt to encourage Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy to accept the political system and reregister as a party.

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seeking to revive her political party in military-run Burma by launching an appeal to the Supreme Court of a ruling that upheld its banning, her lawyers said today.

WHEN Aung San Suu Kyi was finally released from years of house arrest last week, memories flooded back of Nelson Mandela’s own release from Victor Verster prison and his triumphant walk to freedom. Dare we hope that Burma too might soon join the civilised nations of the world? The chances, unfortunately, are slim.

BURMESE democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi began the nuts and bolts work of reviving her political movement yesterday, consulting lawyers about having her now-disbanded party declared legal again, her spokesman said.

PRO-DEMOCRACY leader Aung San Suu Kyi reached out to Burma’s splintered opposition forces yesterday, as she addressed thousands of exuberant supporters following her release from years of house arrest.

RUMOUR and speculation about the imminent release of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi swept across Burma yesterday, but there was no word from the country’s secretive military rulers about whether she would be freed after almost two decades of house arrest.

Hundreds of supporters of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gathered at the headquarters of her political party today as one of its leaders said an order for her release had been signed by the ruling junta.

Burma’s pro-junta political party secured a majority of seats in both houses of parliament as speculation mounted today that democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be freed from house arrest.

BURMA’S democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not accept conditions on her freedom if the military government releases her this week when her latest period of detention is due to end, her lawyer said.

Fighting between ethnic rebels and government troops continued for a third day today as activists warned that the violence which sparked a refugee exodus from Burma could escalate in the aftermath of contentious elections.

Voters in the secretive military-ruled nation of Burma cast their first ballots in 20 years today, as slim hopes for democratic reform faced an electoral system engineered to ensure that most power will remain in the hands of the junta and its political proxies.

Hopes have been raised in Burma that democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi could soon be released.

Burma's junta carried out a major military reshuffle today that retired more than a dozen senior leaders, officials said, in an apparent move to prepare for November national elections.

BURMA’S state TV has announced that the country’s first election in two decades will be held on November 7.

Burma’s state TV announced that the country’s first election in two decades will be held on November 7.

A top US official will make a second visit to Burma on Sunday to pursue Washington's new policy of engagement, a diplomat said, ahead of controversial elections being prepared by the country's military regime.

The party of Burma's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to boycott the military-ruled country's first election in two decades, saying it would carry on its struggle for democracy even if it was officially disbanded.

Burma's main opposition party has said it will not take part in the country's first election in two decades.

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.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party will file a lawsuit against Burma’s ruling military government today seeking to revoke laws that bar the detained democracy leader and other opposition members from taking part in the country’s first elections in two decades.

A new election law issued by Burma’s ruling military bars pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from joining a political party and thus from running in upcoming elections, state-run newspapers said today.

Burma's ruling junta will appoint the commission that will have the final say over the country's first elections in two decades, state-run newspapers announced today as the country's military rulers began unveiling the laws that will govern this year's balloting.