<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - Aye Aye Win's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://ap-20029.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:17:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:01:07 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Myanmar: World War II era bomb kills 3</title>
<description><![CDATA[A security official in Myanmar says a mortar round left over from World War II has exploded accidentally in the country's second city, killing a 12-year-old boy and two other people.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/19/10760240-myanmar-world-war-ii-era-bomb-kills-3</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/19/10760240-myanmar-world-war-ii-era-bomb-kills-3</guid><category>bomb</category><category>myanmar</category><category>world-war-ii</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:16:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Suu Kyi galvanizes once-repressed Myanmar politics</title>
<description><![CDATA[Euphoric seas of supporters waved opposition party flags and offered yellow garlands. They lined crumbling roads for miles and climbed atop trees, cars and roofs as Aung San Suu Kyi spoke at impromptu rallies. Some cried as her convoy passed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/28/10260945-suu-kyi-galvanizes-once-repressed-myanmar-politics</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/28/10260945-suu-kyi-galvanizes-once-repressed-myanmar-politics</guid><category>myanmar</category><category>southeast-asian</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>suu-kyi</category><category>aung-san-suu-kyi</category><category>as-myanmar</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:01:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e73350e9-efde-48bd-8b64-cee18e8962f1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e73350e9-efde-48bd-8b64-cee18e8962f1.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi visits a photo exhibition at the Yangon Photo Festival in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/31e0827e-101c-45d4-9544-fcfe99578768.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/31e0827e-101c-45d4-9544-fcfe99578768.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, waves her hand to supporters on her arrival in Dawei, about 615 km (380 miles) south of Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Thousands of supporters in Myanmar's countryside cheered opposition leader Suu Kyi on Sunday as she made a political tour ahead of by-elections, highlighting how quickly and dramatically politics is changing in the long-repressed Southeast Asian nation. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/08c46c7e-5287-4b23-9d77-cb72afff0507.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/08c46c7e-5287-4b23-9d77-cb72afff0507.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, shakes hands with a supporter on her arrival in Dawei, about 615 km (380 miles) south of Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Thousands of supporters in Myanmar's countryside cheered opposition leader Suu Kyi on Sunday as she made a political tour ahead of by-elections, highlighting how quickly and dramatically politics is changing in the long-repressed Southeast Asian nation. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bddba3b4-8af5-436e-ad21-98cae1ab0432.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bddba3b4-8af5-436e-ad21-98cae1ab0432.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, waves her hand to supporters on her arrival in Dawei, about 615 km (380 miles) south of Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Thousands of supporters in Myanmar's countryside cheered opposition leader Suu Kyi on Sunday as she made a political tour ahead of by-elections, highlighting how quickly and dramatically politics is changing in the long-repressed Southeast Asian nation. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Crowds greet famous Myanmar activist after release</title>
<description><![CDATA[Few convicts leave prison with their heads held high. Political detainees, like the several hundred released Friday under a presidential pardon in Myanmar, are a different matter. Unrepentant for the most part, they often leave jail toughened, if not energized.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/14/10155871-crowds-greet-famous-myanmar-activist-after-release</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/14/10155871-crowds-greet-famous-myanmar-activist-after-release</guid><category>myanmar</category><category>hero</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>welcome</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:35:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9cb1b5df-f86a-4050-860f-9aca2d395194.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9cb1b5df-f86a-4050-860f-9aca2d395194.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supporters of Min Ko Naing, center, a prominent student leader from the failed 1988 pro-democracy uprising, welcome his release from prison as he visits a pagoda in Pyay, Myanmar, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Min Ko Naing, arrested in March 1989, is among those released Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, under a presidential pardon in Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aye Aye Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a1efba49-b94f-4e42-b4e3-d3b377123f28.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a1efba49-b94f-4e42-b4e3-d3b377123f28.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Min Ko Naing, center, a prominent student leader from the failed 1988 pro-democracy uprising, receives flowers from supporters as he visits a pagoda in Pyay, Myanmar, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Min Ko Naing, arrested in March 1989, is among those released Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, under a presidential pardon in Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aye Aye Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0ed9968d-ec1a-4161-8c50-2f9ddb504864.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0ed9968d-ec1a-4161-8c50-2f9ddb504864.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Min Ko Naing, center, a prominent student leader from the failed 1988 pro-democracy uprising, visits a pagoda in Pyay, Myanmar, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, after released from a prison. He is among those released Friday under a presidential pardon in Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aye Aye Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/be7555e2-504d-480e-92df-e9f62a8f9f69.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/be7555e2-504d-480e-92df-e9f62a8f9f69.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this file photo taken June 19, 2006, Myanmar's student activist leader Min Ko Naing, center, stands with fellow students outside the National League for Democracy headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar. Min Ko Naing, arrested in March 1989, is among those released Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, under a presidential pardon in Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/68929d7a-8af3-4f58-9d7e-bd02a414355f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/68929d7a-8af3-4f58-9d7e-bd02a414355f.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday, Jan. 11, 2006, Myanmar student activist Min Ko Naing speaks to reporters at his home on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. Min Ko Naing, arrested in March 1989, is among those released Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, under a presidential pardon in Myanmar. (AP Photo, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/180d8cb2-2a7b-410b-8802-8011a7d1ce63.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="365" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/180d8cb2-2a7b-410b-8802-8011a7d1ce63.jpg" width="120" height="168" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this file photo taken June 19, 2006, Min Ko Naing, a student activist leader, stands outside the head office of Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party in Yangon, Myanmar. Min Ko Naing, arrested in March 1989, is among those released Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, under a presidential pardon in Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/08d6e676-4556-414e-84bf-9719bb9a56b4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/08d6e676-4556-414e-84bf-9719bb9a56b4.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this undated file photo released by Amnesty International in London, Min Ko Naing is seen in an unknown location. Min Ko Naing, arrested in March 1989, is among those released Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, under a presidential pardon in Myanmar. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLY&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US senator praise Myanmar reforms, calls for more</title>
<description><![CDATA[A U.S. senator who is a leading supporter of Myanmar's democracy movement said Monday he is impressed with the new government's reforms but more needs to be done.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/13/10145213-us-senator-praise-myanmar-reforms-calls-for-more</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/13/10145213-us-senator-praise-myanmar-reforms-calls-for-more</guid><category>myanmar</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:09:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9d6f86cd-1f20-4736-8f6f-02e5ee02e9a4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="393" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9d6f86cd-1f20-4736-8f6f-02e5ee02e9a4.jpg" width="120" height="118" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Khin Nyunt, Myanmar's ex-prime minister and former chief of the Myanmar military intelligence, left, talks to journalists as he was released from house arrest in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Myanmar freed many of its prominent political prisoners Friday in a long-awaited step toward national reconciliation that also has been a key condition set by Western nations for easing sanctions against the country. The man at right is unidentified. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cc885af6-4a6a-4d27-a705-d754f7e1f18b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cc885af6-4a6a-4d27-a705-d754f7e1f18b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Family members of prisoners wait outside the Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Myanmar freed many of its prominent political prisoners Friday in a long-awaited step toward national reconciliation that also has been a key condition set by Western nations for easing sanctions against the country. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ef8ac54c-d4da-4d2a-85c1-b3cf3b0227b6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ef8ac54c-d4da-4d2a-85c1-b3cf3b0227b6.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Family members of prisoners wait outside the Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Myanmar freed many of its prominent political prisoners Friday in a long-awaited step toward national reconciliation that also has been a key condition set by Western nations for easing sanctions against the country. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4fc16782-00e8-4924-b2e5-d2e41e875699.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="389" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4fc16782-00e8-4924-b2e5-d2e41e875699.jpg" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Myanmar political prisoner waves his hand to his colleagues as he comes out of the Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Myanmar freed many of its prominent political prisoners Friday in a long-awaited step toward national reconciliation that also has been a key condition set by Western nations for easing sanctions against the country. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ad84bb2a-bbbb-443d-92e7-c15debbc63f7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ad84bb2a-bbbb-443d-92e7-c15debbc63f7.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Myanmar political prisoner shows his thumbs-up as he comes out of the Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Myanmar freed many of its prominent political prisoners Friday in a long-awaited step toward national reconciliation that also has been a key condition set by Western nations for easing sanctions against the country. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7042c077-9653-4ce0-9aa0-1db7acdd6a56.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7042c077-9653-4ce0-9aa0-1db7acdd6a56.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Myanmar political prisoner, right, gets welcomed by her friends as she comes out of the Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Myanmar freed many of its prominent political prisoners Friday in a long-awaited step toward national reconciliation that also has been a key condition set by Western nations for easing sanctions against the country. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b9f8a5b2-38b5-4faa-b4e8-4427bb27a1c8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b9f8a5b2-38b5-4faa-b4e8-4427bb27a1c8.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pyone Cho, an activist of the 88 Generation Students Group, center, joins with his parents upon his arrival at Yangon airport after released from a prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Myanmar freed some of its most famous political inmates Friday, sparking jubilation outside prison gates while signaling its readiness to meet Western demands for lifting economic sanctions. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/33c0f230-132b-4fbb-b53e-cdff6bfdd2f4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="306" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/33c0f230-132b-4fbb-b53e-cdff6bfdd2f4.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Zeyar, an activist of the 88 Generation Students Group, waves his hand to his colleagues at Yangon airport after released from a prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Myanmar freed some of its most famous political inmates Friday, sparking jubilation outside prison gates while signaling its readiness to meet Western demands for lifting economic sanctions. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/953d124c-1465-40d9-9714-a08519fc731e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="465" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/953d124c-1465-40d9-9714-a08519fc731e.jpg" width="120" height="140" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Myo Aung Naing, an activist of the 88 Generation Students Group, center, joins with his family members upon his arrival at Yangon airport after released from a prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Myanmar freed some of its most famous political inmates Friday, sparking jubilation outside prison gates while signaling its readiness to meet Western demands for lifting economic sanctions. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7367d977-9686-441a-b3b7-99bb6bef85b8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="389" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7367d977-9686-441a-b3b7-99bb6bef85b8.jpg" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Myanmar political prisoner waves his hand to his colleagues as he comes out of the Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Myanmar freed many of its prominent political prisoners Friday in a long-awaited step toward national reconciliation that also has been a key condition set by Western nations for easing sanctions against the country. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1b63ae74-df4c-4b21-af67-b0f6ec32aea7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1b63ae74-df4c-4b21-af67-b0f6ec32aea7.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Colleagues of Ko Ko Gyi, an activist of the 88 Generation Students Group, right, welcome his arrival at Yangon airport after released from Theyet prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Myanmar freed some of its most famous political inmates Friday, sparking jubilation outside prison gates while signaling its readiness to meet Western demands for lifting economic sanctions. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4ab188e7-bb02-4bfc-a5c4-26b86ee60891.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4ab188e7-bb02-4bfc-a5c4-26b86ee60891.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nilar Thein, center, an activist of the 88 Generation Students Group, shakes hands with one of her colleagues as she arrives at Yangon airport after released from Theyet prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Myanmar freed some of its most famous political inmates Friday, sparking jubilation outside prison gates while signaling its readiness to meet Western demands for lifting economic sanctions. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eb1f44e8-4f71-43fd-9788-4ebc94278a0f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eb1f44e8-4f71-43fd-9788-4ebc94278a0f.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, left, listens to Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi talk to journalists during a press conference after their meeting at her home in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>UK's Hague arrives in Myanmar to urge reforms</title>
<description><![CDATA[Britain's foreign secretary urged Myanmar to push its democratic reforms and release all political prisoners as he began a historic trip Thursday to a country that has recently emerged from a pariah status in the West.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/04/9961604-uks-hague-arrives-in-myanmar-to-urge-reforms</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/04/9961604-uks-hague-arrives-in-myanmar-to-urge-reforms</guid><category>britain</category><category>myanmar</category><category>southeast-asian</category><category>world-news</category><category>britain-william-hague</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 03:45:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eb956f66-a9b2-48c9-bc51-50f3070ed151.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eb956f66-a9b2-48c9-bc51-50f3070ed151.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;British Foreign Secretary William Hague, left, gestures while talking with his Myanmar counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin during their meeting Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Hague began a two-day visit to Myanmar Thursday. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e738190f-4744-4bb4-b67f-740718016141.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e738190f-4744-4bb4-b67f-740718016141.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;British Foreign Secretary William Hague, left, is greeted upon his arrival at Naypyitaw International Airport by Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister Myo Myint Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Hague began a two-day visit to Myanmar Thursday. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c08bb5e6-6c2d-4651-bc98-16c7dc56f449.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="318" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c08bb5e6-6c2d-4651-bc98-16c7dc56f449.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Visiting British Foreign Secretary William Hague, right,  introduces a staff to his Myanmar couinterpart Wunna Maung Lwin, left, during their meeting at Foreign Ministry Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Hague began a two-day visit to Myanmar Thursday. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4229bae3-e4ad-498d-a59d-e48b5a7fdedb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4229bae3-e4ad-498d-a59d-e48b5a7fdedb.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;British Foreign Secretary William Hague, front left, is greeted upon his arrival at Naypyitaw International Airport by Myanmar officials Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Hague began a two-day visit to Myanmar Thursday. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Suu Kyi's party to register for Myanmar elections</title>
<description><![CDATA[Myanmar's main opposition party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi decided Friday to rejoin politics and register for future elections, signaling its confidence in recent reforms by the military-aligned government.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/18/8869828-suu-kyis-party-to-register-for-myanmar-elections</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/18/8869828-suu-kyis-party-to-register-for-myanmar-elections</guid><category>myanmar</category><category>party</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>aung-san-suu-kyi</category><category>opposition-party</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:44:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d546fda6-2b2d-4c2e-bf8d-5679306f1fc4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="353" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d546fda6-2b2d-4c2e-bf8d-5679306f1fc4.jpg" width="120" height="174" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at her National League for Democracy (NLD) party's headquarters to attend a meeting on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar. Senior members of the National League for Democracy gathered Friday to decide whether to register it as a legal body so that it can take part in future elections. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7ad67c09-6b3b-4312-9d8f-85c13c0d87c5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="274" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7ad67c09-6b3b-4312-9d8f-85c13c0d87c5.jpg" width="120" height="224" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at her National League for Democracy (NLD) party's headquarters to attend a meeting on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar.  Senior members of the National League for Democracy gathered Friday to decide whether to register it as a legal body so that it can take part in future elections. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4384aa0a-9d86-477e-be19-27a741411ff3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="316" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4384aa0a-9d86-477e-be19-27a741411ff3.jpg" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, center, arrives at her National League for Democracy (NLD) party's headquarters to attend a meeting on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar.  Senior members of the National League for Democracy gathered Friday to decide whether to register it as a legal body so that it can take part in future elections. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/21057e19-7cb9-4fee-a345-aad61f48cff8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/21057e19-7cb9-4fee-a345-aad61f48cff8.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi shakes hands with supporters as she leaves the National League for Democracy party's headquarters after a meeting in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. The main opposition party led by Nobel laureate Suu Kyi decided Friday to rejoin politics and register for future elections, signaling its confidence in recent reforms by the military-aligned government. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/029bf60e-26f2-424b-b807-d40151f9a2c5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/029bf60e-26f2-424b-b807-d40151f9a2c5.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by the National League for Democracy party, Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a meeting at the party's headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. The main opposition party led by Nobel laureate Suu Kyi decided Friday to rejoin politics and register for future elections, signaling its confidence in recent reforms by the military-aligned government. (AP Photo/National League for Democracy) EDITORIAL USE ONLY&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1f6e8f32-79f7-4daf-8609-069d4a10a0f6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1f6e8f32-79f7-4daf-8609-069d4a10a0f6.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi waves her hand to supporters as she leaves the National League for Democracy party's headquarters after a meeting in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. The main opposition party led by Nobel laureate Suu Kyi decided Friday to rejoin politics and register for future elections, signaling its confidence in recent reforms by the military-aligned government. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/23a1487e-464b-4a37-b8dc-79d8a95cdabf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/23a1487e-464b-4a37-b8dc-79d8a95cdabf.jpg" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi waves her hand to supporters as she leaves the National League for Democracy party's headquarters after a meeting in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. The main opposition party led by Nobel laureate Suu Kyi decided Friday to rejoin politics and register for future elections, signaling its confidence in recent reforms by the military-aligned government. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4203b200-db40-4fb5-a2e8-45ef36c36f2e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4203b200-db40-4fb5-a2e8-45ef36c36f2e.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tin Oo, center right, chairman of the National League for Democracy party, speaks during a meeting at the party's headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. The main opposition party led by Nobel laureate Suu Kyi decided Friday to rejoin politics and register for future elections, signaling its confidence in recent reforms by the military-aligned government. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Myanmar Junta Sets 2010 for Elections</title>
<description><![CDATA[Myanmar's military government, a target of sharp international criticism for failing to hand over power to a democratically elected government, announced Saturday that it will hold elections in 2010.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/09/1289756-myanmar-junta-sets-2010-for-elections</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/09/1289756-myanmar-junta-sets-2010-for-elections</guid><category>constitution</category><category>myanmar</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2008 20:22:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UN Rights Envoy Visits Myanmar Prison</title>
<description><![CDATA[A U.N. human rights envoy on Monday visited a notorious Myanmar prison for political detainees and a Buddhist monastery earlier raided by troops as part of a probe into how many people were killed or detained in a government crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/12/1090681-un-rights-envoy-visits-myanmar-prison</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/12/1090681-un-rights-envoy-visits-myanmar-prison</guid><category>myanmar</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:05:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4533ee0a-c7ef-45eb-8fb3-6cf62c96834e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="508" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4533ee0a-c7ef-45eb-8fb3-6cf62c96834e.jpg" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.N.'s independent rights investigator for Myanmar, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, left, listens to an unidentified official while visiting Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007. Pinheiro was allowed into military-ruled Myanmar for the first time in four years on a mission to determine how many people have been killed or detained since the start of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c1e6fee0-fd56-4501-a0bc-82b61b50774f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="348" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c1e6fee0-fd56-4501-a0bc-82b61b50774f.jpg" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;UN independent rights investigator for Myanmar Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, center, listens to an official while visiting Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar Sunday, Nov.11, 2007. Pinheiro was allowed into military-ruled Myanmar for the first time in four years on a mission to determine how many people have been killed or detained since the start of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>UN Human Rights Envoy Visits Myanmar</title>
<description><![CDATA[A U.N. human rights envoy entered Myanmar for the first time in four years Sunday on a mission to uncover how many people were killed and detained since September's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/10/1088917-un-human-rights-envoy-visits-myanmar</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/10/1088917-un-human-rights-envoy-visits-myanmar</guid><category>myanmar</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:40:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6a5b8934-7500-4e69-9622-037f7a03a906.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6a5b8934-7500-4e69-9622-037f7a03a906.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Anti Myanmar government protesters shout slogans as they rally Sunday, Nov.  11, 2007, outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand.  (AP Photo/David Longstreath)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Suu Kyi Is Front-Page News in Myanmar</title>
<description><![CDATA[Detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi received rare front-page billing Saturday in Myanmar's state-controlled press, which said the ruling military junta was "putting energy" into democratic reforms demanded by the international community.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/10/1086751-suu-kyi-is-front-page-news-in-myanmar</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/10/1086751-suu-kyi-is-front-page-news-in-myanmar</guid><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:16:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8d881625-7f82-4037-b716-7b7c13df5f4d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8d881625-7f82-4037-b716-7b7c13df5f4d.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by Myanma News Agency, Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, shakes hands during the meeting with relations minister Aung Kyi at state guesthouse in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Suu Kyi said she believes Myanmar's ruling junta has the will to end the country's decades-long political crisis, as she met senior members of her party for the first time since 2004. (AP Photo/Myanma News Agency)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/63c02312-6004-4a5b-a485-84ef79895dae.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/63c02312-6004-4a5b-a485-84ef79895dae.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by Myanma News Agency, detained Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, and chairman of the National League for Democracy party, Aung Shwe, wait for a meeting with minister for relations Aung Kyi, not seen, at the state guesthouse in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Suu Kyi said she believes Myanmar's ruling junta has the will to end the country's decades-long political crisis, as she met senior members of her party for the first time since 2004. (AP Photo/Myanma News Agency)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Suu Kyi Said Optimistic on Myanmar Talks</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi met leaders of her opposition party for the first time in more than three years, telling them Friday that she believes Myanmar's military rulers intend to work toward democracy after decades of repression.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/09/1084420-suu-kyi-said-optimistic-on-myanmar-talks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/09/1084420-suu-kyi-said-optimistic-on-myanmar-talks</guid><category>nobel-peace</category><category>myanmar</category><category>world-news</category><category>aung-san-suu-kyi</category><category>detained-myanmar</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2007 10:14:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eceefdd3-e365-4045-9cf8-9456dc3d03be.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eceefdd3-e365-4045-9cf8-9456dc3d03be.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by UNIC Yangon, Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, speaks with U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari during their meeting in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Gambari made progress during his six-day mission in Myanmar in promoting a dialogue between the military government and Suu Kyi, the world body said Thursday. (AP Photo/UNIC Yangon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5a196ce5-c5fb-4771-a39d-547d315bda35.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="307" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5a196ce5-c5fb-4771-a39d-547d315bda35.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by UNIC Yangon, detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, is greeted by U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari during their meeting, in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Gambari made progress during his six-day mission in Myanmar in promoting a dialogue between the military government and Suu Kyi, the world body said Thursday. (AP Photo/UNIC Yangon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/72dde9ae-f256-437f-9503-80d53b2a97fa.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="358" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/72dde9ae-f256-437f-9503-80d53b2a97fa.jpg" width="120" height="108" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, is greeted by U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari during their meeting, in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Gambari made progress during his six-day mission in Myanmar in promoting a dialogue between the military government and Suu Kyi, the world body said Thursday. (AP Photo/Xinhua)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d79a1957-b072-4814-91a0-b4615f989a75.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d79a1957-b072-4814-91a0-b4615f989a75.jpg" width="120" height="54" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by Myanma News Agency, detained Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, second left, together with senior members of the National League for Democracy Party, Nyunt Wai, left, Aung Shwe, center, Lwin, secondright, and Nyan Win, right, sit while waiting for a meeting with minister for relations Aung Kyi, not seen, at the state guesthouse in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Suu Kyi said she believes Myanmar's ruling junta has the will to end the country's decades-long political crisis, as she met senior members of her party for the first time since 2004. (AP Photo/Myanma News Agency)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3a189e62-8fc2-4eed-8077-07a4f419ccab.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="337" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3a189e62-8fc2-4eed-8077-07a4f419ccab.jpg" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by Myanma News Agency, Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, shakes hands during her meeting with Minister for Relations, Aung Kyi, at the state guesthouse in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Suu Kyi said she believes Myanmar's ruling junta has the will to end the country's decades-long political crisis, as she met senior members of her party for the first time since 2004. (AP Photo/Myanma News Agency)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Suu Kyi Meets With Myanmar Official</title>
<description><![CDATA[Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Friday with members of her opposition party &#8212; their first direct contact in more than three years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/09/1084243-suu-kyi-meets-with-myanmar-official</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/09/1084243-suu-kyi-meets-with-myanmar-official</guid><category>myanmar</category><category>world-news</category><category>aung-san-suu-kyi</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2007 07:49:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eceefdd3-e365-4045-9cf8-9456dc3d03be.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eceefdd3-e365-4045-9cf8-9456dc3d03be.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by UNIC Yangon, Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, speaks with U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari during their meeting in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Gambari made progress during his six-day mission in Myanmar in promoting a dialogue between the military government and Suu Kyi, the world body said Thursday. (AP Photo/UNIC Yangon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5a196ce5-c5fb-4771-a39d-547d315bda35.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="307" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5a196ce5-c5fb-4771-a39d-547d315bda35.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by UNIC Yangon, detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, is greeted by U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari during their meeting, in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Gambari made progress during his six-day mission in Myanmar in promoting a dialogue between the military government and Suu Kyi, the world body said Thursday. (AP Photo/UNIC Yangon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/781ff184-a781-4f2a-bea0-61e84560b34a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="203" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/781ff184-a781-4f2a-bea0-61e84560b34a.jpg" width="120" height="61" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by UNIC Yangon, Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, speaks with U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari during their meeting in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Gambari made progress during his six-day mission in Myanmar in promoting a dialogue between the military government and Suu Kyi, the world body said Thursday. (AP Photo/UNIC Yangon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Myanmar Junta, Suu Kyi Edge Toward Talks</title>
<description><![CDATA[Trading goodwill gestures, Myanmar's junta agreed to let detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi meet with members of her party Friday for the first time in more than three years, while she said she was prepared for a dialogue with the country's military rulers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/08/1083170-myanmar-junta-suu-kyi-edge-toward-talks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/08/1083170-myanmar-junta-suu-kyi-edge-toward-talks</guid><category>myanmar</category><category>world-news</category><category>aung-san-suu-kyi</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2007 21:06:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eceefdd3-e365-4045-9cf8-9456dc3d03be.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eceefdd3-e365-4045-9cf8-9456dc3d03be.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by UNIC Yangon, Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, speaks with U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari during their meeting in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Gambari made progress during his six-day mission in Myanmar in promoting a dialogue between the military government and Suu Kyi, the world body said Thursday. (AP Photo/UNIC Yangon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5a196ce5-c5fb-4771-a39d-547d315bda35.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="307" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5a196ce5-c5fb-4771-a39d-547d315bda35.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by UNIC Yangon, detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, is greeted by U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari during their meeting, in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Gambari made progress during his six-day mission in Myanmar in promoting a dialogue between the military government and Suu Kyi, the world body said Thursday. (AP Photo/UNIC Yangon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/781ff184-a781-4f2a-bea0-61e84560b34a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="203" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/781ff184-a781-4f2a-bea0-61e84560b34a.jpg" width="120" height="61" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by UNIC Yangon, Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, speaks with U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari during their meeting in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Gambari made progress during his six-day mission in Myanmar in promoting a dialogue between the military government and Suu Kyi, the world body said Thursday. (AP Photo/UNIC Yangon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ae020536-efad-489d-94ca-7958fdcc1c8d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="357" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ae020536-efad-489d-94ca-7958fdcc1c8d.jpg" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari delivers a press statement, Thursday Nov. 8, 2007 in Singapore. Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she is ready to cooperate with her country's junta to bring about national reconciliation, according to her statement released by a U.N. envoy on Thursday.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b43d9812-b64a-43ec-aa8e-51c3dc01bf25.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="244" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b43d9812-b64a-43ec-aa8e-51c3dc01bf25.jpg" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari delivers a press statement, Thursday Nov. 8, 2007 in Singapore. Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she is ready to cooperate with her country's junta to bring about national reconciliation, according to her statement released by a U.N. envoy on Thursday.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Activists Call for Suu Kyi's Release</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi called for her release during a rally Sunday, as pro-democracy activists urged Myanmar's military regime to honor the 1990 election that the Nobel laureate's party won in a landslide.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aye Aye Win]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/27/741516-activists-call-for-suu-kyis-release</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/27/741516-activists-call-for-suu-kyis-release</guid><category>myanmar</category><category>world-news</category><category>aung-san-suu-kyi</category><pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 06:17:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/DLL10205260611.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/DLL10205260611.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, offers prayers at the Shwedagon temple in this Monday, May 6, 2002 photo,  in Yangon.  Supporters of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi roundly condemned Myanmar's decision to extend her house arrest for a fifth year, with some calling Saturday, May 26, 2007, for the regime to be expelled from the Southeast Asian regional block.   (AP Photo/David Longstreath)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/DLL10105260606.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/DLL10105260606.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, back to camera, center, is cheered as she arrives at her party's headquarters in this  Monday, May 6, 2002 file photo, in Yangon.  Supporters of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi roundly condemned Myanmar's decision to extend her house arrest for a fifth year, with some calling Saturday, Sunday, May 26, 2007,  for the regime to be expelled from the Southeast Asian regional block. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/SEL10105270512.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/SEL10105270512.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Protesters from Myanmar's National League for Democracy shout slogans during a rally calling for the immediate release of their pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi near the Myanmar Embassy in Seoul Sunday, May 27, 2007. They condemned Myanmar's decision to extend her house arrest for a fifth year. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>
