A United Nations envoy to Burma met detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi today and said she was “well and in good spirits”.

A United Nations envoy was holding crucial talks today with a top Burmese general in a last-ditch effort to win access to pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, detained following a bloody clash that prompted a crackdown on her party.

A UN envoy visiting Myanmar to secure the release of Aung Saan Suu Kyi will meet the head of the ruling junta today, an aide to the envoy said, in what may be a final bid to see the detained Nobel laureate.

MYANMAR’S military government yesterday said detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi had not been harmed in last week’s clashes between her supporters and pro-government groups, rejecting rumours she had been injured.

Burmese authorities turned away students from universities today, suspending classes just days after they arrested pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and closed her party’s offices.

Burma’s state press today blacked out the news of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from house arrest, hailed by world leaders as a first step towards restoring democracy after years of military rule.

Speculation mounted in Burma today that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi may be released from house arrest as a UN envoy spoke of an imminent breakthrough in his efforts to end the country’s political deadlock.

A United Nations envoy who ended a week-long visit to Burma says he hopes ‘‘significant progress’’ can be made in the near future on reconciliation talks between the ruling military region and the pro-democracy opposition.