<i>Suu Kyi refuses talks with junta officer</i>

Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has refused to meet with the junta's liaison officer and declined a visit from her personal physician, state media said yesterday.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner in recent weeks has refused even the minimal contact that the regime allows her with the outside world.
Suu Kyi refused to meet her personal physician and a top government minister, indicating her continued frustration at the slow pace of reform in the military-ruled country, her spokesman said yesterday.
Suu Kyi refused to attend a Tuesday meeting with Relations Minister Aung Kyi whom Myanmar's junta appointed last year to facilitate talks aimed at bringing democratic reforms to the impoverished and isolated country.
Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for 13 of the past 19 years, also declined a checkup from her personal physician, Dr. Tin Myo Win, Nyan Win said. The Nobel Peace Prize winner's last checkup was Aug. 17, when her doctor said she was well.
Nyan Win said he did not know for certain why Suu Kyi had refused the meetings but that it was likely to do with the government's failure to embrace a timetable for democratic reform.