Annan demands Suu Kyi's release
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The UN secretary general calls for Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be freed from house arrest.
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Pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi spent her fifth consecutive birthday under house arrest Tuesday, as authorities beefed up security around her residence and supporters rallied at her party's headquarters demanding she be freed.
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Some of the world's top artistes and musicians have banded together to push for the freedom of Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, activists said as US legislators considered seeking UN Security Council action against the military regime in Yangon.
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RANGOON, Burma, May 25 -- Burma's military government on Friday extended the house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi for another year, defying an outpouring of international appeals for the Nobel Peace Prize winner's freedom.
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United Nations, Oct 20 - The United Nations has expressed concern over the dismissal and detention of Myanmar Prime Minister Khin Nyunt, who was seen as favouring talks with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan's claim that the war in Iraq was "illegal'' unleashed a storm of protests from the United States and its allies.
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19 November 2004 - United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed an announcement by the Myanmar Government that it has begun releasing nearly 4,000 prisoners and called for freeing all others detained for their political beliefs.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday he will do everything he can to secure the release of Israeli soldiers captured by militants in recent months.
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A UNITED STATES senator leading a congressional investigation into the Iraqi âoil-for-foodâ scandal called for Kofi Annan to resign as United Nations Secretary-General yesterday.
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken on Thursday from the villa where she has been held for the last four years to a state guesthouse where she has previously met foreign diplomats, diplomatic sources said.
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Human rights groups use Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday to call for her release.
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August 18, 2004UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday called on Burma&#39;s military government to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest and to speed up political reform. He also called on the region&#39;s ...
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7 October 2004 -- United Nations workers are calling on Secretary-General Kofi Annan to pull all UN staff out of Iraq. Two groups representing more than 60,000 UN staff members cited a dramatic escalation in attacks in Iraq.
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19 October 2004 - Concerned by reports of the dismissal and detention of the Prime Minister of Myanmar, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on the country&#39;s authorities to remain committed to the process of national reconciliation
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A U.N. special envoy will meet Burma's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, the United Nations said
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New York - UN chief Kofi Annan on Monday urged Ukrainians to remain patient as the country&#39;s supreme court reviews pro-Western opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko&#39;s request that the presidential election be annulled.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Thursday he was âseriously concernedâ to hear that the Rangoon government had withdrawn opposition leader Aung Suu Kyiâs security guard and had further limited visits by her doctor.