21.   Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi slowly widened her circle of contacts Monday, lunching at the French Embassy and meeting other foreign diplomats at her lakeside home.

22.   She also said she would hold her usual meet-the-public session at the gate to her lakeside home on Saturday.

23.   The Burmese military junta announced in Rangoon that the Nobel Peace prize laureate had been freed without condition after nearly six years under house arrest at her lakeside home.