US expresses &#39;deep concern&#39; over Suu Kyi&#39;s extended detention
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WASHINGTON - The United States expressed &quot;deep concern&quot; Thursday over reports that Myanmar&#39;s ruling junta has extended the detention of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi for up to a year from September this year.
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Detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi reportedly protests against a reduction in her security.
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In a rare admission, the United States said on Tuesday its own human rights record was in question in an annual report that criticized Iraq for its death squads with government links, kidnapping and torture.
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WASHINGTON  - The United States expressed deep concern for the welfare of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi after her National League for Democracy said the military junta has restricted her access to a doctor and cut her personal security.
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VIENTIANE, Laos Thailand told Myanmar on Tuesday that it must take real steps toward democracy in the coming year but failed to get any clarification from the junta on reports that the house arrest of the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been
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LONDON : The United States faced rare criticism over human rights from close ally Britain, with an official British government report taking Washington to task over concerns about Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay jail.
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Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been told by police she is being held under house arrest under a law which allows for such detention for up to a year, an opposition spokesman said Monday.
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The US government reiterated its&quot;serious concerns&quot; about Iran&#39;s missile program on Tuesday, claiming it is a threat to regional peace and American interests.
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China's human rights record is getting worse in some areas and Myanmar cements &quot;cruel&quot; misrule, with rape, torture and repression, the United States charged in its annual rights report Tuesday.
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The United States is expanding its two major detention centers in Iraq with the expectation that the new security crackdown in Baghdad will add hundreds and perhaps thousands of prisoners to the 17,000 it  holds,  U.S. military spokesmen said.
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Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is unsatisfied with the progress of her meetings with a representative of Myanmar's military junta and cautions the public to "hope for the best and prepare for the worst," a member of her political party said Wednesday.
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The Bush administration urged the Myanmar government on Thursday to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest, saying a failure to do so would represent "unacceptable backtracking."
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BANGKOKâThe extension of the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyiâs detention allows Myanmarâs military regime to press ahead with its proclaimed democracy program
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The United States expressed concern at the prospect of renewed Japanese trade sanctions over a US anti-dumping law that was repealed last year.
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The United States said on Friday it  is concerned Iran has arrested a journalist and stopped him  picking up a rights award in New York in a sign of what it  called worsening violations in the Islamic republic.
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WASHINGTON : The White House on Thursday demanded that Myanmar military authorities &quot;immediately and unconditionally&quot; release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and condemned her extended house arrest.
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YANGON, Myanmar  - Myanmar police have told  democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi she is being held under house  arrest under a law which allows for such detention for up to a  year, an opposition spokesman said Monday.