Myanmar's military junta said Tuesday that the house arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi does not expire for six more months. And though the government considered releasing her at the end of the term, it said it did not have a choice but to put her on trial after she met with an American visitor in her home. "As Aung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of Gen. Aung San, the leader of our country, we were deeply ...

Democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi plans to take the stand Tuesday to defend herself against subversion charges, her spokesman told CNN Monday. A small group of foreign journalists based in Myanmar will be allowed in court Tuesday, spokesman Nyan Win said from Myanmar. It is a rare opening of the court to outsiders, though no cameras will be allowed. Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for years at the direction of the military junta that rules Myanmar, which ...

Aung San Suu Kyi declared herself innocent of charges she finally heard in court for the first time Friday, the fifth day of her trial on allegations of subversion. "I'm not guilty," the Myanmar opposition leader told the court, according to a spokesman for her party. When the court asked why she claimed innocence, she replied, "I didn't break any law," said the spokesman, Nyan Win. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been under house arrest for years ...

In an unusual move, Myanmar's military government will allow diplomats to meet with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday at the end of the day's proceeding in her continuing trial. Russian, Singaporean and Thai officials are expected to meet with the Nobel Peace Prize laureate later Wednesday, said a diplomatic source in Yangon, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Also Wednesday, the government allowed some media inside the courtroom to cover the third day of the trial. The ...

The trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi -- a proceeding that nine Nobel laureates have called "a mockery" -- entered its second day Tuesday. Prosecutors continued their questioning of the 22 witnesses they have called. Two of Suu Kyi's maids and an American man who recently swam to her lakeside home also are on trial. At the end of the first day, Monday, the court had heard from only two of the witnesses. Diplomatic sources say ...

Three charges have been filed against a Missouri man who is accused of swimming across a lake and sneaking into the home of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi while she was under house arrest, a U.S. Embassy official said Friday. A hearing for John Yettaw was held Friday at Insein Prison near Yangon, where Suu Kyi also is being held. The official said Yettaw is charged with immigration violations, trespassing into a restrictive area and contributing to Suu ...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was taken to a prison compound in Myanmar on Thursday, where she was scheduled to stand trial next week for allegedly letting an American stay in her house in violation of her house-arrest terms. The country's military junta set up a special room for Suu Kyi at the Insein Prison near Yangon. The trial will begin Monday and is expected to take some time, said Nyan Win, spokesman for Suu Kyi's National ...

Nobel Prize-winning democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi met with her doctor Monday after being barred from seeing him over the weekend, a spokesman for her party told CNN. Dr. Pyone Moe Ei saw Suu Kyi on Friday, but was denied permission to see her the next day, National League for Democracy spokesman Nyan Win said. The Myanmar opposition leader is showing signs of dehydration and low blood pressure, Nyan Win said. The doctor put her on an intravenous drip ...

Baseball slugger Barry Bonds won't be headed to court Monday after all. Bonds' federal trial on perjury and obstruction charges was to begin with jury selection Monday. But on Friday, prosecutors in the case filed an appeal of a court ruling about evidence admissibility, and the proceedings were stayed until further notice, the court said. Bonds has been charged with lying to a federal grand jury investigating the use of steroids in professional sports when he told the jurors ...