U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, meets with Myanmar's Senior General Than Shwe, left, at the Bayint Naung Yeiktha in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Friday, July 3, 2009. Ban said Friday that Myanmar's junta chief rejected his initial request to meet jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a rocky start to what he has called "a very tough mission" to win her freedom. (AP Photo/John Heilprin)