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	Pinheiro at Bago Kyakhatwaing monastery on Sunday

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Pinheiro disturbed by Burma arrest

The United Nations says its human rights envoy to Burma, Sergio Paulo Pinheiro was disturbed by the arrest of a prominent labour activist, Su Su Nway.

The activist was arrested in Rangoon on Tuesday as she put up anti-government posters near the hotel where Mr Pinheiro was staying. A senior UN official said he expected the UN envoy to raise the issue with the Burmese authorities.

Mr Pinheiro is expected to be allowed to meet some of the detainees before he leaves Burma on Thursday.

-NLD spokesperson U Nyan Win told the BBC that more arrests should be stopped

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US doubts change in Burma

	Mr Gambari met Burmese PM at the Naypyidaw

America's ambassador to the United Nations says he does not believe the Burmese military government has altered its attitude to democracy.

Zalmay Khalilzad was responding to a report from the UN special envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, who said the generals were making concrete changes and a political dialogue had begun with the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The BBC correspondent in the region says Mr Gambari's assessment reflects his position as a servant of a deeply divided UN security council, and few believe the Burmese government is prepared to make meaningful change.

-Mr Gambari says to the BBC World today that is very clear a process has been inaugurated which will lead to substantive dialogue that is time-bound and should really produce tangible results but we are not there yet.