Mon, Jun 09, 2003 - Page 5 News List

Global pressure on Myanmar increases

INTERNATIONAL IRE The condition of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi remains unclear after she was believed to have been injured in a clash with a pro-junta mob

AFP , YANGON

"We urge the United States to join the people of Myanmar in our political transition to democracy," it said in May. "Rather than hurting the poor through economic sanctions, we urge the US to provide economic opportunities for the people of Myanmar."

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