1.   Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, now living under house arrest in her lakeside family compound, did not reply when contacted in writing through an intermediary.

2.   Heavily-armed, short-tempered soldiers block the roads to her lakeside compound.

3.   Holding out an olive branch to the generals, Suu Kyi thanked the military government for allowing the celebration at her lakeside compound to take place.

4.   She seldom goes far from the ramshackle lakeside compound where she spent six years in confinement.

5.   She seldom goes far from the ramshackle lakeside compound where she spent the six years in confinement.

6.   She was defying government instructions to remain at her lakeside compound, where access is tightly restricted by roadblocks.

7.   Suu Kyi held her own holiday celebration at her lakeside compound.

8.   Supporters said Suu Kyi was meeting chief advisers inside her lakeside compound while preparing to hold a news conference later Thursday.

9.   Suu Kyi was to lead a private, religious ceremony at her lakeside compound later in the day, receiving Buddhist monks and supporters.

10.   The Nobel Peace Prize laureate is refusing to cooperate with military authorities who since December have insisted she seek their permission if she wants to leave her lakeside compound.