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A look at key US sanctions against Myanmar

Source: Republica, Nov 22 2012, 6:06am CST

YANGON, Myanmar, Nov 22: The United States is unwinding two decades of sanctions against Myanmar, as the country´s reformist leadership oversees rapid-fire economic and political change. President Barack Obama´s visit this week, the first by a s ...

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Japan fleets to visit Myanmar in October

Source: SINA English  |   May 19 2013, 9:28pm CDT

A fleet of three training ships carrying young officers of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force will visit Myanmar in early October, Japan's Jiji press quoted informed sources as saying Monday. They ...

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Myanmar's parliament to start special session

Source: SINA English  |   May 19 2013, 9:08pm CDT

NAY PYI TAW, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's parliament is due to start a special session in Nay Pyi Taw later on Monday, which was announced earlier to seek approval on declaration of state of emergency on some riot-hit states in the country in ...

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Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit

Source: Straits Times  |   May 19 2013, 9:06pm CDT

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a US ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47 ...

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Burma’s Thein Sein says military ‘will always have a special place’ in government

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 19 2013, 7:57pm CDT

The military that ran Burma for decades will continue to play a major role in the country, the former Burmese general who has presided over the transformation of a nation that only three years ago was considered one of the world’s most repressive said Su ...

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Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   May 19 2013, 6:09pm CDT

U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) stands next to Myanmar's President Thein Sein (C) during their meeting in Yangon November 19, 2012. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's back ...

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In symbolic landmark, Myanmar leader heads to White House

Source: Straits Times  |   May 19 2013, 6:02pm CDT

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Myanmar President Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms. In a scen ...

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Myanmar Needs Help to Manage Its Mandela Moment

Source: Bloomberg.com  |   May 19 2013, 5:50pm CDT

Activists complain that U.S. President Barack Obama, who welcomes Myanmar’s President Thein Sein to the White House this week, is embracing the former general too soon, before he’s proved his reformist bona fides. In fact, Obama is late to the party ...

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Washington Week: Focus on Burma, US Government Scandals

Source: Voice of America  |   May 19 2013, 5:38pm CDT

WASHINGTON — A groundbreaking visit by Burma’s president and continuing probes of U.S. government scandals highlight a busy week ahead in Washington. Six months after President Barack Obama visited Rangoon, President Thei ...

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Myanmar leader Thein Sein heads to White House

Source: Economic Times  |   May 19 2013, 4:27pm CDT

WASHINGTON: Myanmar President Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his re ...

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Human rights issues niggle as US firms eye Myanmar

Source: SCMP  |   May 19 2013, 3:41pm CDT

T-shirts bearing images of President Barack Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader, hang side by side in the shops just off busy Kabar Aye Pagoda Road in Yangon. It is a reminder of the history made in Nove ...

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