UN envoy meets Burma's leaders

A UN envoy held back-to-back meetings today with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar’s military rulers, trying to find a peaceful solution to the crisis that has engulfed the impoverished country.

The separate talks occurred as thousands of troops locked down Burma’s largest cities. Scores of people were arrested overnight, further weakening an uprising to end 45 years of military dictatorship.