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.

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

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.

Officials in Burma said the military-backed government has deported Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh, who stars as pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming film.

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.

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.

Burma pro-democracy hero Aung San Suu Kyi, freed after years of house arrest, has told thousands of cheering supporters she will continue to fight for human rights and the rule of law in the military-ruled nation.

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.

One of Aung San Suu Kyi’s two sons travelled from Britain to Bangkok and is seeking a visa to see his mother for the first time in a decade, amid speculation Burma’s junta will soon free the detained opposition leader.

Burma's top leader General Than Shwe will bow out of national elections next month, but his role in the country's political future remains unclear, a south-east Asian diplomat said today.

Burma’s highest court accepted a special appeal to free detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest less than a month before she is due to be released.

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.

Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 65th birthday today locked in her dilapidated lakeside compound as global calls for her freedom erupted at rallies and prayer vigils around the world.

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.

Detained Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken briefly to a hospital for a heart check-up, a government official said today.

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.

Detained Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said she is surprised but undaunted by the military government's new election laws that will bar her from running for office or even voting in polls to be held this year.

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.

The highest court in military-ruled Burma dismissed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s latest bid for freedom today, turning down an appeal to end 14 years of house arrest, her lawyer said.

A special United Nations envoy arrived in Burma today on a five-day mission to evaluate progress on human rights in the military-ruled nation.

A BURMESE court yesterday rejected an appeal by pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi against her extended house arrest, just days after the US re-engaged with the country’s ruling junta.

A court in military-ruled Burma threw out opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's latest bid for freedom today, rejecting an appeal against her house arrest sentence.

Lawyers for Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said they have a solid legal argument for their appeal today against her conviction that extended her house arrest and drew global outrage.

Lawyers for Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said she was in good spirits during a strategy session that finalised 11 grounds for appealing her conviction next week.

Lawyers for detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said today a Burmese court had accepted their request to appeal against the conviction that extended the democracy leader’s house arrest by 18 months.

BURMESE democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is set to appeal against her conviction, lawyers has said, as the ruling junta faced a global wave of anger over her extended house arrest.

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.

Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was bracing for the worst ahead of tomorrow’s verdict in her high-profile trial, gathering medicine and books to prepare for a feared prison term, her lawyer said.

BURMESE pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was “absolutely dissatisfied” that her trial was adjourned yesterday as it will give the prosecution more time to prepare its case, her lawyer said.

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.

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.

Lawyers said the trial of Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been adjourned until July 10.

The trial of Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was adjourned today for two weeks so that defence lawyers can call an additional witness to give evidence.

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.