Aung Saan Suu Kyi

Jawaharlal Nehru had arranged for some warm clothes for Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's khaki-clad father when he was in Delhi on his way to icy London in January 1947, she recalled today.

Myanmar's charismatic leader Aung Saan Suu Kyi, who claimed her party's landslide victory in the country's historic elections, hopes that democracy will win.

The shopkeeper, a thin, jittery man who has spent nearly half his life in prison, wishes change were coming to Myanmar.But the recent elections were a sham, he says, and the promises of democratic reform are empty words. He celebrated the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest, but dismissed the idea it heralds a change ...

Jawaharlal Nehru had arranged for some warm clothes for Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's khaki-clad father when he was in Delhi on his way to icy London in January 1947, she recalled today.

Myanmar's charismatic leader Aung Saan Suu Kyi, who claimed her party's landslide victory in the country's historic elections, hopes that democracy will win.

The shopkeeper, a thin, jittery man who has spent nearly half his life in prison, wishes change were coming to Myanmar.But the recent elections were a sham, he says, and the promises of democratic reform are empty words. He celebrated the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest, but dismissed the idea it heralds a change ...