A FLYING frog, the world’s smallest deer and the first new monkey to be found in over a century are among 350 new species discovered in the eastern Himalayas in the past decade, the (World Wildlife Fund) WWF has said.

More than 100 Buddhist monks marched and chanted in northern Burma for nearly an hour this morning, in the first such march since the government’s deadly crackdown last month on pro-democracy demonstrations, two monks said.

Hundreds gathered outside the Burmese Embassy in central London today before marching to Downing Street as protests against the military junta continued.

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.

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.

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.

American rockers REM protested against pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's incarceration on Sunday by broadcasting a concert dedicated to her into military-ruled Burma via satellite.

Military-ruled Burma says it will stick with its “road map” to democracy despite the junta’s recent purge of the prime minister who proposed it, but is ducking questions on when pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will go free.

Burma’s military government will free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi by May 17 and invite her party to join a constitutional convention, the country’s foreign minister said today.

Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and three of her top supporters completed six months in detention today with no sign of when they might be freed, despite international calls for their release.

Burma's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not accept freedom until all those arrested with her five months ago are released, a UN envoy has said.

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be released from the Rangoon hospital where she underwent surgery, and will go straight into house arrest at her home in the capital, her doctor said today.

Burma’s imprisoned pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, underwent major surgery today, her physician said.

Burma’s military government dismissed as “quite odd” today a US government claim that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was on hunger strike in protest at her continued detention.

Burma‘s military government today accused dissidents and foreign media, including the BBC, of trying to stir up unrest with reports about the country‘s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who completes one month in detention on Monday.

Burma’s foreign minister today said that pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is being kept in custody to protect her from an assassination attempt, and added that no timeframe can be given for her release.