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U.N. Envoy Meets Myanmar's Suu Kyi

 .c The Associated Press

 YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A United Nations special envoy met Myanmar's
pro-democracy leader Sunday as part of his latest bid to break the
political impasse between her and the country's military government.

U.N. Assistant Secretary General Alvaro de Soto met Aung San Suu Kyi,
winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, at her lakeside home, diplomats
said on condition of anonymity.

Suu Kyi has appealed for years without success for Myanmar's ruling
generals to hold a meaningful dialogue with her to bring civilian rule
to the Southeast Asian country, which has been under military control
since 1962.

In 1990, her National League for Democracy overwhelmingly won elections,
but the result was never honored by the military, and the country
remains without a parliament. Hundreds of Suu Kyi's followers have been
jailed and her activities are tightly curbed.

De Soto, making his sixth trip to Myanmar, has also met Lt. Gen. Khin
Nyunt, the powerful head of military intelligence and one of the top
four generals of the ruling council.

Almost no details of the meetings have been released.

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