Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo New York, Oct.

Myanmar's top military leader met Tuesday with a U.N. envoy to discuss the nation's political crisis that has seen the largest protests in two decades crushed with deadly force by government troops. Ibrahim Gambari, the U.N.'s special envoy to Myanmar, met with Senior Gen.

Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Singapore, Sept. 29 Kyodo - UN special envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari left Singapore for Myanmar on Saturday to try to defuse the political crisis triggered by mass pro-democracy protests and the junta's use of force in response.

By Darren Schuettler VIENTIANE (Reuters) - Myanmar's military junta is likely to come under pressure on Tuesday to skip its turn to chair southeast Asia's regional bloc and prevent its neighbors from being tainted by Yangon's poor human rights record.