US must keep 'eyes open' in Myanmar talks: Suu Kyi

Myanmar's junta Wednesday allowed detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet with elderly members of her party in a rare concession by the military regime, an official said.The democracy icon was taken to a state guesthouse in Yangon for the talks -- the first with senior National League for Democracy (NLD) colleagues outside her home or prison this year."They are meeting now," the Myanmar official told AFP on condition of anonymity, confirming that the talks included party chairman Aung Shwe, secretary Lwin and executive committee member Lun Tin.

Two senior US envoys arrived in Myanmar Tuesday for talks with the military junta and detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, on the highest level American visit to the country in 14 years.The trip by Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell and his deputy Scot Marciel is the latest move by President Barack Obama's administration to engage the reclusive regime.The pair touched down in the remote administrative capital Naypyidaw on a US Air Force plane from Bangkok in neighbouring Thailand, US embassy spokesman Richard Mei said.

Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is on the verge of being freed from house arrest, officials in the military-ruled country said on Friday as anticipation grew among her legions of supporters.Security was stepped up in Yangon, where Suu Kyi remained confined to her crumbling lakeside mansion, with police vehicles patrolling the city.The Nobel Peace Prize winner, locked up for most of the past two decades, is still seen as the biggest threat to the junta, but her freedom appears to be a price it is willing to pay to deflect criticism of recent elections.

Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is on the verge of being freed from house arrest, officials in the military-ruled country said Friday, as anticipation grew among her legions of supporters.Security was stepped up in Yangon, where Suu Kyi remained confined to her crumbling lakeside mansion, with police vehicles patrolling the city.The Nobel Peace Prize winner, locked up for most of the past two decades, is still seen as the biggest threat to the junta, but her freedom appears to be a price it is willing to pay to deflect criticism of elections held on Sunday.

Pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi appealed to Myanmar's top court Friday against her extended house arrest, days ahead of a likely meeting involving the junta's premier and US President Barack Obama.The Nobel laureate was ordered to spend another 18 months in detention in August after a court convicted her over an incident in which a US man swam to her house. An initial appeal against the verdict was rejected in October.

The most senior US official to visit Myanmar for 14 years held talks with pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday after the ruling junta granted the Nobel laureate a rare break from detention.Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell also met Myanmar's prime minister as the administration of President Barack Obama seeks a new era of engagement with the military regime.

Two senior US envoys arrived in Myanmar Tuesday for rare talks with the ruling junta and detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, a US embassy official told AFP.The event is the most high profile American visit to the country in 14 years.The visit by Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell and his deputy Scot Marciel is the latest move by President Barack Obama's administration to engage the military regime.