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Aung San Su Kyi, 30 January 2008 Burma's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has left her house for a meeting with a visiting UN envoy, reports say.

Ms Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest, was seen leaving in an official convoy for the state guest house where the envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, is staying.

Gambari is currently in Burma to mediate between the military government and opposition.

It is his third visit since last year's government crackdown on protests led by the country's revered Buddhist monks.

Gambari earlier met other members of Ms Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), along with representatives of ethnic minorities and non-governmental organisations.

The five NLD leaders are said to have expressed the need for more talks with the military government and the release of political prisoners.