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...could always count on a sympathetic hearing from Razali Ismail. As the U.N.'s special envoy to Burma, Razali argued that it was possible to engage the ruling generals in dialogue. His softly-softly approach seemed to yield results. A year ago, he brokered the release of democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi after 19 months of house arrest and secured what he thought was a firm commitment from junta boss General Than Shwe to negotiate with her about the country's political future. But last Saturday, Razali was back to square one, struggling once again to persuade the generals...
...DETAINED. AUNG SAN SUU KYI, 57, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of Burma's National League of Democracy (NLD) party; by Burma's military junta after riots occurred last Friday during her trip to the northern town of Yaway Oo. Govern-ment spokesmen stated that Suu Kyi, who had been released from house arrest in May 2002, was in "protective custody" along with 17 other NLD leaders. Police also sealed off the NLD headquarters in Rangoon...
Razali Ismail, the United Nations special envoy to Burma, is a devoted practitioner of quiet diplomacy. His subtle prodding was widely credited with persuading Burma's military junta to free, in May last year, the Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. So it was a surprise when, in late April, the Malaysian diplomat told reporters in Bangkok he was "perplexed and disappointed" with the generals' refusal to grant him a visa for the past six months so that he could try to foster dialogue between the two sides: "I really cannot understand...
...They don't want change, but change is inevitable." AUNG SAN SUU KYI, Burmese Nobel laureate, criticizing the slow pace of reform talks with the country's ruling military junta...
...AWARDED. AUNG SAN SUU KYI, 57, Burmese opposition leader; the $1 million Free Spirit prize by the U.S.-based Freedom Forum foundation for fighting for democracy in military-ruled Burma; in Rangoon. It is the first time that the full $1 million has been granted to a single person. Freedom Forum officials who visited Suu Kyi said they could transfer the money to her, but did not explain how. Suu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, was released last May after 19 months of house arrest...