Uncertain promise in Burma's gleaming new capital

Its name translates as "Abode of Kings", but it is far from clear whether Burma's new capital can return the reclusive state to its former glory.

UN's Ban denied Suu Kyi meeting

Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday he was "deeply disappointed" that Burma's top general had rejected his request to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi.

Ban: Burma agrees to allow in 'all' aid workers

In an apparent breakthrough for delivering help to millions of Burma's cyclone survivors, the military government agreed to allow in "all" aid workers, United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said on Friday. The UN Secretary General met junta supremo Than Shwe in his remote new capital of Naypyidaw for more than two hours to ask him to permit more foreign expertise.

Impassive Burma junta chief greets UN's Ban

With an impassive handshake, BUrma junta supremo Than Shwe greeted Ban Ki-moon in his remote new capital on Friday at the apex of a high-stakes aid mission by the United Nations chief for the victims of Cyclone Nargis. The 75-year-old Senior General's stony-faced silence gave no clues as to whether he would overcome his deep suspicions of the outside world.

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