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Release order for Suu Kyi reportedly signed

I dont know if she'll get feted internationally like Mandella did but it wouldnt surprise me and I do hope so - my fear is that there may be a caveat to her release forbidding her from getting engaged in politics, I read somewhere that if that does get added that she will refuse her freedom

Release order for Suu Kyi reportedly signed

This is quite the historic day hey Paws - Im sat with the 24 hr news on in the background - I think I may open a bottle of wine in her honour later on if it happens......

Release order for Suu Kyi reportedly signed

Its about 2.45 pm over there now if Im right and thousands of people who have pinned their hopes on this womam are waiting hopefully with baited breath. Tx

The military authorities in Burma are reported to have signed an order authorising the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi who has been under house arrest for 15 of the past 21 years.

Ms Suu Kyi, who is 65, is not expected to accept any order banning her from political activity.

Government officials in Burma, which is also known as Myanmar, are said to be increasing security in the city of Rangoon.

A government source told Reuters Ms Suu Kyi would likely be released in the evening, but the comment could not be officially confirmed.

'Her house arrest expires today, so we think she will be released today,' Nyan Win, a lawyer for Ms Suu Kyi, told Reuters.

Once freed, he said, Ms Suu Kyi would meet the leaders of her National League for Democracy before deciding her next step.

Analysts said it was likely only Senior General Than Shwe, a central figure in the country's military junta, and his closest allies knew the next steps for Ms Suu Kyi.

Freeing the pro-democracy leader could divert some attention from an election held last week, won by an army-backed party, which has widely dismissed as a sham to cement military power under a facade of democracy.

Ms Suu Kyi was just a few weeks away from being released last year when an unexpected visit by an American intruder, John Yettaw, robbed her of her freedom.

She was found guilty of harbouring Mr Yettaw for two days, which breached a 1970s law protecting the state against 'subversive elements'.



Myanmar in 2010: In 1962, Gen. Ne Win staged a government coup and assumed control of Myanmar and its people. He was later forced to vacate his seat in 1988. That year, dissidents protested against the junta’s control, which spurred the military to open fire and imprison protestors. Thousands were killed and sent to prison, according to estimations. Those that have been imprisoned in Myanmar are still haunted by the experience.

“Prisons in Burma are the closest ones to the hell. I was tortured physically and psychologically in prisons.” Din added, “Most of my time in prison was in solitary confinement. Those days haunt me to this day, and I always wake up in the middle of night, having nightmares and hearing cries from the torture chambers.”

Din said over 2,200 dissidents, including Buddhist monks, remain imprisoned because of their political views. He was a part of the 1988 uprising, as the vice chairman of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions. Amnesty International called for his release in 1989.

A year later seemed to bring promise when Suu Kyi’s party won 82 percent of the seats in parliament. However the junta did not recognize the results. Suu Kyi remains under house arrest.

These incidents should be brought to the attention of everyone across the world, said advocates.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's pages

RE: Respecting Women...

Yep, Ive done some work in the area, it was hard to remain neutral too cos of my own experiences - I did a talk one night to a group of guys called Men Overcoming Violent Emotions - it was one of the most difficult things I ever tackled - I got out of there and cried.

Then theres the woman who knows full well that when he gets home from the pub that she is gonna be in for it yet again so she arms herself cos she just cannot take yet another beating, kills the guy and of course its all her fault - its sickening..........

RE: In My Lifetime...

I think youre right actually, that was last century mind so yep, it was waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy back

RE: In My Lifetime...

I mightve known youd come up with something like that

RE: In My Lifetime...

Yes, best not

RE: Respecting Women...

SOmeone I know did some research om people living double lives and the great unhappiness it holds for many, that kind of emotional overload often comes out in anger - Im so happy times are changing.......

RE: In My Lifetime...

Oh my word, Im 56 yrs old - I remember the first Biro pens, space flight, stereo music, we were one of the first on our street to have a television, there were even very few cars - ipods, the whole computer thinng - oh I could go on and on and all these things just keep getting better and better - I sometimes wonder what on earth can come next

RE: Respecting Women...

Ive seen some women really push their luck with guys - Good on the guys who hold off anyways, I think you're worth your weight in gold

RE: Unnecessary lie

At first I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along
and so you're back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
you'd be back to bother me

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
oh as long as i know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive (hey hey)

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
kept trying hard to mend
the pieces of my broken heart
and I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
But now I hold my head up high
and you see me
somebody new
I'm not that chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
But now I'm saving all my loving
for someone who's loving me

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
oh as long as i know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive (oh)

Go on now go, walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
oh as long as i know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive
I will survive...!

RE: couple looking for a woman

notthsat they havent been doing for some time now.......

RE: couple looking for a woman

It happens all over, such a shame more enmphasis isnt put on etymology in the education system - sepecisll when we are entering in to realms where chikdren couuld well have to pick of the pieces of the screw up wich we burden them with.......

RE: couple looking for a woman

hAVENT BEEN DRINKING, THATS A PROB WITH MOUSEY - WILL CHANCE IT AGAIN......

RE: couple looking for a woman

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Over there recently i aactully heard a guy braggig he could get nback ghome TO his woman, throw one uP HER (hIS WORDS) THEN BE BACK WITH HIS BUDDIES IN 15 MINS - i HAVE TO ADMIYT, IT MADE ME WANNA CATCH TH FIRST PLANE OUTA THER TO ANYWHEWRE

RE: couple looking for a woman

from some of my observatios, sone couples shoulh have agreed to a parting of the wayslong before it came to this anyways - how much pain is one lifetime supposed to endure after all......... surely loving a person entails when to give then their freedom then hit the ground running as fasr as yuour littler legs will carry you

RE: couple looking for a woman

Perhaps theres something to be said n favour of the guy who wants his woman to do this 'with' him as opposed to going into the world of lies and deciet without her

RE: couple looking for a woman

better than dying of boredom elsewhere I guess

RE: couple looking for a woman

I wont share with anyone either but Ill defend to the death somebodies right to choose for themselves and not be ridiculed for it..........

RE: Do You Resent Who You Are?

Sorry Pat, of course it is - I usually remember on the closest sunday - Dad used to take us to the march to the war memorial...........

RE: THE THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE

You two make it obvious that I need to test the theory even sooner than soon

RE: Do You Resent Who You Are?

the "for a game of soldiers" is just a colloquialism I grew up with - nothing to do with todays events in your country - Id lapsed into dialect sort of

RE: THE THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE

Its almost 2 weeks since i had a beer, Ill have to test that out soon

RE: i need a serious and real woman who is ready

Thank You, it took me years to figure it out mind you

RE: i need a serious and real woman who is ready

nahhh, thats only when Im playing that whats good for the goose game

RE: couple looking for a woman

Its all interesting people watching as far as Im concerned - its almost predictable

RE: Chip in a Pill

Only a corrupt regime would need to stoop to such measures surely - why the heck cant they get with the program

RE: G20 or G-string

The one I remember most is when I was on my way to Inverness one year and the security measures fenced in miles and miles of the road through the area - it was double fenced so they protestors could walk and view the venue from a great distance - the protestors didnt have a hope of being even seen, they were effectively sanitized out of the area - big government is as much as a farce as the supposed democracy we supposedly live under..............

RE: G20 or G-string

Please refresh my memory, has anything of any use come out of any of the other summits so far?

RE: couple looking for a woman

are you bragging or just demonstrating your sense of humour