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...ended, following two days in Burma and two rare and lengthy meetings with General Than Shwe, the reclusive leader of the country's military government, Ban had come away with nothing concrete to show for his venture. His requests to meet imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi were rejected. His pleas for the government to release its 2,000-plus political prisoners were ignored. "I believe the government of Myanmar failed to take a unique opportunity to show its commitment to a new era of openness," Ban told reporters at Bangkok's international airport Saturday night...
...Rangoon 'The Lady' on Trial Democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi is facing a trial that must seem Kafkaesque even to a longtime victim of one of Asia's most repressive regimes. Confined to her home for most of the past two decades, Suu Kyi allegedly accepted a nighttime visit from an American who swam unbidden to her lakeside residence May 3. While the Nobel Peace laureate reportedly urged 53-year-old John Yettaw of Falcon, Mo., to leave, she is charged with violating the terms of her detention and faces up to five years in prison. Analysts call...
...Everyone is very angry with this wretched American. He is the cause of all these problems. He's a fool." -Kyi Win, one of Suu Kyi's lawyers (Independent...
...Swam across Inya Lake to Suu Kyi's home last year but was blocked from meeting her by her staff. He reportedly left a copy of the Book of Mormon and swam away. After his return to her home on May 3, Suu Kyi reportedly pleaded with him to leave but relented after Yettaw, a diabetic, complained of exhaustion and leg cramps...
...Arrested by Burmese authorities on May 5 while swimming away from Suu Kyi's home. Charged with illegally entering a restricted zone and breaking immigration laws...