Myanmar's opposition party has won all of the first 12 parliamentary seats declared in the country's first free general election in 25 years.

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

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

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 on her first trip abroad in 24 years in June.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

MILITARY-ruled Burma’s state media yesterday warned citizens against inciting protests as democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi began stockpiling supplies ahead of a possible five-year jail term.

A COURT in Burma rejected most of Aung San Suu Kyi’s defence witnesses yesterday, the latest move critics said was aimed at sabotaging her defence in a trial that could see her jailed for five years.

AS AUNG San Suu Kyi’s trial enters its second week, taxi driver Aung Thein offered a widely held view on its eventual outcome.

BURMA opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was charged with breaking the terms of her house arrest and faces up to five years in jail after an American intruder sneaked into her lakeside home, her party said.

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.

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.

Burma’s military government, a target of sharp international criticism for failing to hand over power to a democratically elected government, announced today that it will hold elections in 2010.

A UN human rights envoy who has returned to Burma after a four-year ban spoke to officials today about plans to visit prisons.

Burmese security forces blocked off a sprawling section of Rangoon today for a government-orchestrated mass rally in support of the military regime, amid growing pressure on the junta to negotiate with the pro-democracy opposition.

Burma’s opposition party today urged the ruling junta to agree UN demands to free political prisoners and open talks with democracy campaigners.

Burma’s ruling military lashed out at Western powers and foreign media today for fomenting recent protests that were put down in a brutal crackdown.

Burma’s leading opposition party has issued a call for talks with the military regime following a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

Burma’s ruling military junta extended the detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi today, defying international pressure to free the Nobel laureate.

Hundreds of delegates from across Burma gathered today to draw up a new constitution which the ruling junta says will – at some unspecified point in the far future – pave the way for the first democratically elected government in more than four decades.

A women’s group in Burma linked to the ruling junta has accused pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi of being a troublemaker and urged that she be deported to England, according to a report in a state-run newspaper.

WORLDWIDE celebrations to mark the 60th birthday of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi kicked off yesterday, with supporters releasing doves and holding a modest religious ceremony in the Burmese capital, Yangon.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern has condemned a decision by Burma's military government to extend the house arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Burma’s military junta is to keep pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for another year, her party said today.