61.   Two Burmese opposition groups Friday called for a dialogue with military rulers in Rangoon as the sole means of achieving national reconciliation.

62.   Yet, if the charismatic Burmese opposition leader were detained again, public pressure on ASEAN governments would mount and they might be forced to reconsider, analysts said.

63.   Japan on Monday welcomed the release of Burmese opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi after nearly six years under house arrest.

64.   President Suharto of Indonesia and Burmese military junta leader Than Shwe discussed Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during talks Friday, Indonesian officials said.

65.   Telephone services to the Burmese opposition leader house, cut off for some time, were also restored on Tuesday.

66.   The Burmese opposition has attacked the constitutional convention under way in Rangoon, saying it did not represent the people of Burma and was being manipulated by the junta.

67.   The Japanese government on Monday condemned an attack on Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her aides and urged restraint on the Burmese administration.