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Mr Brown fires the election starting gun

16.11.09
It was always inevitable that this week's Queen's Speech to Parliament would be highly political... more

Suu Kyi offers to work with Burma generals

16.11.09
Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has requested a meeting with the military regime's senior leader, adding to signs that lines of communication are opening up between her and the junta... more

America offers Burma a deal on sanctions

05.11.09
A senior US diplomat said today Washington will not lift its sanctions on Burma unless its ruling generals make concrete progress toward democratic reform... more

Daredevil adventures in Kosovo, Burma and the Arctic

09.10.09
A freezing night on the ice, an ambush in Kosovo and a terrifying encounter with the Burmese militia. Three adventurers recount their ultimate tales of derring-do... more

London needs a council tax freeze

02.10.09
The news that millions of London taxpayers will get their council tax frozen next year is welcome... more

Suu Kyi appeal is rejected by court

02.10.09
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Hillary: We’ll talk to Burma

24.09.09
Hillary Clinton said that the US would engage in direct high-level talks with Burma’s ruling junta in an effort to promote democracy in the military-run state... more

American freed after swimming to see Suu Kyi Burma

19.08.09
An American man imprisoned in Burma holds the hand of a nurse as he is wheeled through Bangkok airport on his way home to the US... more

Suu Kyi's freed visitor in hospital

17.08.09
The American who sneaked into the home of detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was in a Bangkok hospital today after being spared seven years in prison.... more

UN fails to condemn sentence on Burma's Suu Kyi

12.08.09
UN Security Council failed to agree a resolution condemning the sentencing of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to another 18 months detention... more

Burma’s Suu Kyi is sentenced to another 18 months

11.08.09
World leaders condemned the sentencing of the Burmese pro-democracy leader to an additional 18 months house arrest as 'brutal and unjust'... more

Suu Kyi verdict is ‘painfully obvious’

29.07.09
Burma democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi says Friday’s verdict in her trial on charges of violating the terms of her house arrest will be 'painfully obvious'... more

Amnesty honours Burma's Suu Kyi as she faces prison

27.07.09
Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded Amnesty International's highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award... more

Burma pledges to free prisoners

14.07.09
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WORLD: Horrors of the Saffron Revolution exposed by underground video

10.07.09
Video journalist who masterminded the exposure of the slaughter of protesting monks in Burma seeks support against the country's military regime... more

Gordon Brown makes appeal over Aung San Suu Kyi

19.06.09
Prime Minister threatens tougher sanctions against Burma as he makes impassioned appeal to ruling generals to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi ... more

Cyber courts could mean faster justice

27.05.09
Justice delayed is justice denied, and it is for that reason that the initiatives unveiled today for "virtual courts" deserves support... more

Junta will try Suu Kyi after man breaks into her house

14.05.09
Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to face trial after being charged with violating the terms of her house arrest, her lawyer said... more

The V&A unveils the first Buddhist gallery in Britain

27.04.09
The first gallery in Britain dedicated to Buddhist sculpture opens in London this week at the Victoria and Albert Museum... more

Suu Kyi detention violates Burma's own law, says UN

24.03.09
The continued imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi violates Burma's own laws as well as those of the international community, the UN warned... more

Stop this town hall gravy train

24.03.09
AT A time when many who work for private-sector businesses have no pension scheme at all, the details we disclose today of local authority executives' retirement packages highlight a widening gulf in provision for old age... more

Five to try: Chilly Heat

18.02.09
Sichuan chillies numb your lips at Snazz Sichuan, and Wahaca's mojitos and margaritas counteract chilly winds.... more

Brad and Ange 'to adopt Burma Baby'

09.02.09
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt want to adopt another baby after visiting refugees from Myanmar. ... more

Expat murder in Thailand

22.01.09
A British music teacher was found brutally murdered in the northern Thai capital of Chiang Mai early today... more

Will Obama forgive Britain for his grandfather’s torture?

16.01.09
The President-elect is known to have been deeply hurt by the treatment of his relative during Kenya’s Mau Mau rebellion. It could yet impact on the UK’s ‘special relationship’ with the US... more

Zimbabwe emergency 'in the world's top 10 disasters'

22.12.08
Zimbabwe's medical emergency is among this year's top 10 humanitarian crises.... more

Rice price rockets on fears over cyclone blow to output

07.05.08
Market worried that devastation in Burma will slash global production of this staple food... more

Triumph for Suu Kyi

14.11.07
The Lady of Burma, a one-woman show about the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner, makes its mark where many seemingly meatier works fail.... more

Comical explorers desperately seeking Djibouti

25.09.07
The duo in World in One City want to meet someone from all 192 UN-recognised countries. It's not so much a comedy show, more an exercise in listmaking anal retentiveness.... more

Critic's choice: top comedy shows

22.03.07
This weekend's comedy highlights include Jo Brand, Stewart Lee and Mark Thomas raising money in aid of democracy for Burma, and DJ Danny nailing the ludicrous jargon of dance music.... more

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