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The US Secretary of State,Madeleine Albright ,denounced the =
military-ruled govenment of Burma on Monday and said the United states =
would hold it =93directly responsible =94 for the health and welfare of =
the Burmese Nobel laureate,Aung San Suu Kyi ,who was detained en route =
to a meeting ,writes Tom Raum in Manila.
=93 I Juat wanted to make quite clear howwe deplore the government of =
Burma=92s refusal to allow members of the National League for =
Democracy,a legal political party ,to travel freely ,=94Ms Albright =
said .The Secretary of State was attending an Asian regional summit in =
the Philippines .
Ms Suu kyi,53m,the winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize ,heads =
Burma=92s pro-demoeracy party ,heads Burma=92pro -democracy party ,the =
National League for Democracy.She was stopped by police recently while =
driving to a meeting with NLD members.Ms Suu Kyi was stopped 32 miles =
from the capital while driving to Bassein ,100 miles west of Rangoon =
.The police regused to let her proceed and she has refused to return to =
the capital.She,a colleague and two drivers have already spent three =
nights in the car .=20
A government officer said he believed Ms Suu Kyi had enough food =
and water to spend a week in the car .A government spokesman called the =
episode a publicity stunt and said Ms Suu Kyi was being helped by =
Western embassies .=20
=93 The NLD leadership has colluded with some Western embassies in =
Rangoon ,=94the military government said in a statement .Ohn Gyaw =
,Burma=92s Foreign Minister,on Monday insisted that =93noting will =
happen to her =94=20
The contry =92s military government came to power in 1998 after =
viokently crushing a nationwide democracy uprising.The Junta ignored the =
results of a 1990 election that the democracy league won by a landslide =
.=20
Ms Suu Kyi has called on the military to allow the parliament =
elected in that poll to convene by next month ,a request to which the =
military has not responded.=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>The US Secretary of State,Madeleine =
Albright=20
,denounced the military-ruled govenment of Burma on Monday and said the =
United=20
states would hold it “directly responsible ” for the health =
and=20
welfare of the Burmese Nobel laureate,Aung San Suu Kyi ,who was detained =
en=20
route to a meeting ,<EM>writes Tom Raum in Manila</EM>.</FONT></DIV>
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I Juat wanted to make quite clear howwe deplore the government of =
Burma’s=20
refusal to allow members of the National League for Democracy,a legal =
political=20
party ,to travel freely ,”Ms Albright said .The Secretary of =
State=20
was attending an Asian regional summit in the Philippines .</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> Ms Suu =
kyi,53m,the winner of=20
the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize ,heads Burma’s pro-demoeracy party =
,heads=20
Burma’pro -democracy party ,the National League for Democracy.She =
was=20
stopped by police recently while driving to a meeting with NLD =
members.Ms Suu=20
Kyi was stopped 32 miles from the capital while driving to Bassein ,100 =
miles=20
west of Rangoon .The police regused to let her proceed and she has =
refused to=20
return to the capital.She,a colleague and two drivers have already =
spent=20
three nights in the car .</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 =
size=3D2> A=20
government officer said he believed Ms Suu Kyi had enough food and water =
to=20
spend a week in the car .A government spokesman called the episode a =
publicity=20
stunt and said Ms Suu Kyi was being helped by Western embassies=20
.</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>“ The NLD =
leadership has=20
colluded with some Western embassies in Rangoon ,”the military =
government=20
said in a statement .Ohn Gyaw ,Burma’s Foreign Minister,on Monday =
insisted=20
that “noting will happen to her ”</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> The contry =
’s military=20
government came to power in 1998 after viokently crushing a nationwide =
democracy=20
uprising.The Junta ignored the results of a 1990 election that the=20
democracy league won by a landslide .</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> Ms Suu Kyi has =
called on the=20
military to allow the parliament elected in that poll to convene =
by next=20
month ,a request to which the military has not=20
responded.</FONT> </DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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