Wired News: Suu Kyi's Picture in B

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Subject: Wired News:  Suu Kyi's Picture in Burmese Papers (Reuter)

    RANGOON, Burma (Reuter) - Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's picture appeared for
the first time since her release from house arrest in state-run Burmese newspapers Thursday.
     A photo of her participating in an official Martyrs' Day ceremony Wednesday was on the
front page of all state-run Burmese-language and English-language newspapers.
     The picture and caption marked the first time she had been named in state-run papers
since being released from six years' detention last week.
     On Wednesday night, pictures of Aung San Suu Kyi at the Martyrs' Day ceremony were
shown on official television stations, ending nine days of a domestic news blackout following
her release July 10.
     Martyrs' Day commemorates the 1947 assassination of her father, Gen. Aung San, the
country's pre-independence leader, who was killed with eight others as they prepared for the
handover of power from colonial ruler Britian.
     Thursday's state newspapers, considered organs of the ruling State Law and Order
Restoration Council, also published an article denouncing "traitors" who worked to create
economic crisis in Burma.
     Aung San Suu Kyi was not named in the article but she has urged foreign business
executives and governments to consider political circumstances in her country very carefully
before rushing in with investment and aid.
     Many countries have withheld financial aid and assistance from Burma since 1988, when
the military crushed pro-democracy demonstrations and killed or imprisoned thousands.
  REUTER