Myanmar president to hold talks with Suu Kyi

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: Myanmar’s President Thein Sein will host rare talks with influential allies and rivals including Aung San Suu Kyi Wednesday as the opposition leader intensifies efforts to lift a constitutional bar against her running for the presidency.

The long-awaited talks in the capital Naypyidaw, which follow a similar meeting of key political figures in October, come as the country braces for elections seen as a key test of reforms in the former junta-run nation.