The junta remains intransigent as Suu Kyi and Campbell talk under the midday sun.

Prime Minister Thein Sein and other government ministers who are leaders of the Union Solidarity and Development Party will resign from their government posts this month, according to sources in Naypyidaw.

A top US official visiting Burma warns that its military regime should abide by UN sanctions that prohibit buying arms from North Korea, and also said the junta's election plans lack legitimacy.

The US senate unanimously calls for the Obama administration to review its policy of engagement with the Burmese junta.

An internal congressional report says that the results of the 2010 election in Burma may be a strong indicator of the potential for political change.

Many people believe candidates of the Union Solidarity and Development party will win a majority of seats in the upcoming elections, according to an Irrawaddy survey. That belief was supported by 418 out of 450 people who responded to the informal poll.

Some NLD leaders will break from the NLD and form their own party to contest the election.

The War Office in Napyidaw has issued a directive for state-controlled media not to describe the Burmese government as a “Tatmadaw government,” according to military sources.

The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma says the military junta has not established the conditions for a credible election and urges the release of all political prisoners before the election

The party of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, founded more than 20 years ago to challenge military rule in Burma, held a final gathering at its headquarters before its forced dissolution.