UN bids to get freedom for Suu Kyi

A UN special envoy arrived in Burma today on a mission to revive a national reconciliation process and to secure the immediate release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest.

Razali Ismail, sent by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, is credited with launching closed-door talks between the opposition leader and the ruling military junta nearly three years ago.