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UN envoy seeks Burma junta talks Troops maintain uneasy Burma calm
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The United Nations special envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, is in Burma's new capital to seek fresh meetings with the country's ruling military junta. Thousands of heavily armed soldiers are patrolling the streets of Burma's main city, Rangoon, with no sign of further protests against the military junta.
Mr Gambari met detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon on Sunday, but has yet to meet the country's senior generals. Troops are stopping young men on the streets and in cars, searching for cameras that may be used to smuggle out images, correspondents in Burma say.
Heavily-armed troops and police remain on the streets of Rangoon to prevent new pro-democracy protests. Most internet links are still down and mobile phone networks disrupted.
Mr Gambari is hoping to end a crackdown on anti-government protesters. UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari is in the capital, Naypyidaw, hoping for fresh talks with top military leaders.
On Sunday, he met some of the country's military leaders in the new capital Naypyidaw, and has now returned there for further talks. The UN says its emissary does not intend to leave Burma until he has seen the man in charge, General Than Shwe.
But he did not meet senior general Than Shwe, or his deputy Maung Aye. They've obviously for the moment squeezed things off the streets UK Ambassador Mark Canning on the crackdown in Rangoon class="" href="/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7016360.stm">Aung San Suu Kyi as symbol class="" href="/1/hi/in_pictures/7020640.stm">In pictures: Burma shutdown class="" href="/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7019882.stm">Exiles in desperate conditions
On Saturday, when he travelled to Naypidaw, he was allowed to meet only more junior members of the government.
Mr Gambari is hoping to end a violent crackdown on anti-government protesters, during which the authorities said 10 people were killed.
Diplomats and activists say the number of dead was many times higher.
Monks detainedMonks detained
Mr Gambari is believed to be the first foreigner to meet Ms Suu Kyi for 10 months. Burma has seen almost two weeks of sustained popular unrest, in the most serious challenge to the military leadership for more than two decades.
Her National League for Democracy won a landslide victory in elections in 1990, but the results were annulled by the junta. href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/asia_pac_enl_1190988726/html/1.stm" onClick="window.open('http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/asia_pac_enl_1190988726/html/1.stm', '1190989184', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=416,height=578,left=312,top=100'); return false;">Religious sites sealed off by troops in Rangoon href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/asia_pac_enl_1190988726/html/1.stm" onClick="window.open('http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/asia_pac_enl_1190988726/html/1.stm', '1190989184', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=416,height=578,left=312,top=100'); return false;" >Enlarge Image
They've managed to stamp a picture of normality, but only with a heavy military presence UK Ambassador Mark Canning on government crackdown in Rangoon class="" href="/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7016360.stm">Aung San Suu Kyi as symbol class="" href="/1/hi/in_pictures/7020640.stm">In pictures: Burma shutdown class="" href="/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7019882.stm">Exiles in desperate conditions But the number of protesters on the streets is much smaller since the clampdown, and the Buddhist monks who spearheaded the rallies are being prevented from leaving their monasteries.
A UN statement said they spent over an hour in talks, at a government guest house near the villa where she is kept under house arrest. Disrupted communications have made information coming out of Burma very patchy.
Mr Gambari earlier met Burma's acting prime minister, deputy foreign minister and ministers of information and culture.
Burma has seen almost two weeks of sustained popular unrest.
But the number of protesters on the streets is now much smaller than at the height of the rallies, and the Buddhist monks who led the initial protests are now being prevented from leaving their monasteries.
However, a correspondent in Rangoon - who must remain anonymous for her own safety - said people were too scared to do anything with so many military around.However, a correspondent in Rangoon - who must remain anonymous for her own safety - said people were too scared to do anything with so many military around.
Mr Gambari is looking for a political solution to the crisis She says the area around the Sule Pagoda - a focal point for earlier protests - was sealed off with many hundreds of fully armed military and riot police ready for battle.
She says people told her they felt afraid and helpless, having seen that the military is prepared to shoot monks, women and children. They were stopping young men, patting them down and making them kneel with their hands behind their backs.
Half of the shops were open but the shoppers were outnumbered by the security forces and all the internet cafes were closed, she says.
There were few monks visible in Rangoon,- after their monasteries were ransacked some 3,000 were taken away to makeshift prisons on the outskirts of Rangoon.
The correspondent adds that there are reports that the monks are refusing to take food from their military guards.
People told her they felt afraid and helpless, having seen that the military is prepared to shoot monks, women and children.
But, she added, people assured her that the demonstrations would continue.But, she added, people assured her that the demonstrations would continue.
UK Ambassador Mark Canning told the BBC there were around 15,000 troops in Rangoon, and there had been no reports of further protests there on Sunday. UK Ambassador Mark Canning told the BBC: "It's outwardly quite normal at the moment. The traffic seems to be flowing, there's a lot of military tucked away in less visible locations.
"They've managed to stamp a picture of normality, but only with a heavy military presence," he said. "They've obviously for the moment squeezed things off the streets," he said.
Rare criticismRare criticism
The government says 10 people were killed last week in the suppression of the opposition protests. On Sunday, Mr Gambari held talks with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon - the first foreigner to be permitted to do so for 10 months.
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Diplomats and activists say the number killed was many times higher. Her National League for Democracy won a landslide victory in elections in 1990, but the results were annulled by the junta. She has spent 11 of the past 18 years under house arrest.
The country's leadership usually ignores outside pressure. A UN statement said they spent over an hour in talks at a government guest house near the villa where she is imprisoned.
But the crackdown has prompted rare criticism from China and the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean), of which Burma is a member. Diplomatic sources in Rangoon say China, the country with greatest influence over the generals, is pushing hard for Mr Gambari's mission to be extended.
A Japanese envoy is also due to arrive in the country, to ensure a full investigation into the death of Japanese video journalist Kenji Nagai. The crackdown has prompted rare criticism from China and the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean), of which Burma is a member.
In the letter released on Monday, Asean said pictures of what was happening in the country had caused revulsion around the world.
A Japanese envoy has also arrived in Burma to ensure a full investigation into the death of Japanese video journalist Kenji Nagai.
Footage of his death last Wednesday appears to show a soldier shooting him at close range as security forces cleared central Rangoon of protesters.Footage of his death last Wednesday appears to show a soldier shooting him at close range as security forces cleared central Rangoon of protesters.
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