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UN chief says Myanmar junta leader rejects initial request to see opposition leader Suu Kyi

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon could leave Myanmar empty-handed after apparently failing to win any concessions Friday from the country's top military ruler or to gain permission to visit opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in jail. Ban talked for two hours with reclusive Senior Gen. Than Shwe in an ornate reception hall — complete with an indoor waterfall — in Naypyitaw, the junta's remote, newly built capital. It was a rocky start to what the U.N. chief predicted... Full Story
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