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The US Secretary of State,Madeleine Albright ,denounced the =
military-ruled govenment of Burma on Monday and said the United states =
would hold it =93directly responsible =94 for the health and welfare of =
the Burmese Nobel laureate,Aung San Suu Kyi ,who was detained en route =
to a meeting ,writes Tom Raum in Manila.
=93  I Juat wanted to make quite clear howwe deplore the government of =
Burma=92s refusal to allow members of the National League for =
Democracy,a legal political party ,to travel  freely ,=94Ms Albright =
said .The Secretary of State was attending an Asian regional summit in =
the Philippines .
    Ms Suu kyi,53m,the winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize ,heads =
Burma=92s pro-demoeracy party ,heads Burma=92pro -democracy party ,the =
National League for Democracy.She was stopped by police recently while =
driving to a meeting with NLD members.Ms Suu Kyi was stopped 32 miles =
from the capital while driving to Bassein ,100 miles west of Rangoon =
 .The police regused to let her proceed and she has refused to return to =
the capital.She,a colleague and  two drivers have already spent three =
nights in the car .=20
        A government officer said he believed Ms Suu Kyi had enough food =
and water to spend a week in the car .A government spokesman called the =
episode a publicity stunt and said Ms Suu Kyi was being helped by =
Western embassies .=20
=93    The NLD leadership has colluded with some Western embassies in =
Rangoon ,=94the military government said in a statement .Ohn Gyaw =
,Burma=92s Foreign Minister,on Monday insisted that =93noting will =
happen to her =94=20
    The contry =92s military government came to power in 1998 after =
viokently crushing a nationwide democracy uprising.The Junta ignored the =
results of a 1990 election that the democracy  league won by a landslide =
 .=20
    Ms Suu Kyi has called on the military to allow the parliament =
elected  in that poll to convene by next month ,a request to which the =
military has not responded.=20

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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>The US Secretary of State,Madeleine =
Albright=20
,denounced the military-ruled govenment of Burma on Monday and said the =
United=20
states would hold it &ldquo;directly responsible &rdquo; for the health =
and=20
welfare of the Burmese Nobel laureate,Aung San Suu Kyi ,who was detained =
en=20
route to a meeting ,<EM>writes Tom Raum in Manila</EM>.</FONT></DIV>
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I Juat wanted to make quite clear howwe deplore the government of =
Burma&rsquo;s=20
refusal to allow members of the National League for Democracy,a legal =
political=20
party ,to travel&nbsp; freely ,&rdquo;Ms Albright said .The Secretary of =
State=20
was attending an Asian regional summit in the Philippines .</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ms Suu =
kyi,53m,the winner of=20
the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize ,heads Burma&rsquo;s pro-demoeracy party =
,heads=20
Burma&rsquo;pro -democracy party ,the National League for Democracy.She =
was=20
stopped by police recently while driving to a meeting with NLD =
members.Ms Suu=20
Kyi was stopped 32 miles from the capital while driving to Bassein ,100 =
miles=20
west of Rangoon .The police regused to let her proceed and she has =
refused to=20
return to the capital.She,a colleague and&nbsp; two drivers have already =
spent=20
three nights in the car .</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 =
size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A=20
government officer said he believed Ms Suu Kyi had enough food and water =
to=20
spend a week in the car .A government spokesman called the episode a =
publicity=20
stunt and said Ms Suu Kyi was being helped by Western embassies=20
 .</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>&ldquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The NLD =
leadership has=20
colluded with some Western embassies in Rangoon ,&rdquo;the military =
government=20
said in a statement .Ohn Gyaw ,Burma&rsquo;s Foreign Minister,on Monday =
insisted=20
that &ldquo;noting will happen to her &rdquo;</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The contry =
&rsquo;s military=20
government came to power in 1998 after viokently crushing a nationwide =
democracy=20
uprising.The Junta ignored the results of a 1990 election that the=20
democracy&nbsp; league won by a landslide .</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ms Suu Kyi has =
called on the=20
military to allow the parliament elected&nbsp; in that poll to convene =
by next=20
month ,a request to which the military has not=20
responded.</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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