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6 hrs ago | St Petersburg News

Japanese funding to Myanmar dependent on Aung San Suu Kyi release

Tokyo has said it will provide aid to Myanmar if democratic reforms are advanced.

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11 hrs ago | The State

Obama to meet Myanmar, other ASEAN leaders

President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.

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Related Topix: Burma, Southeast Asia, World News, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Thein Sein, Philippines Travel

16 hrs ago | Bangkok Post

Election is the key to reconciliation in Burma

After many years of what seemed an intractable situation in Burma, the events of recent weeks have given some reason for hope, thanks mostly to the United State's new policy of engagement with the isolated regime.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Thein Sein, National League for Democracy, World News, Burma, Opinion

Yesterday | The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

US Mission's Meeting with Burmese Ethnics Signals Hope

The United States government's diplomatic foray into military-ruled Burma made early inroads into an area sealed off to United Nations envoys in recent years-meeting the country's oppressed ethnic minorities.

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Related Topix: Burma, Southeast Asia, World News, US Politics, US News

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Straits Times

Japan to up aid to Myanmar

PRIME Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Saturday said Japan plans to increase aid to Myanmar gradually while hailing Washington's latest efforts to engage the military-ruled country.

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Burmanet

Agence France-Presse: Myanmar vote plan clouds new US dialogue a " Shaun Tandon

Washington, D.C. a ' US envoys who paid a rare visit to Myanmar say the new dialogue will be slow and cautious, but the junta's plans to hold 2010 elections are casting a shadow that could disrupt the delicate process.

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Related Topix: Media, IT Services, Burma, Southeast Asia, World News, Prison, Travel, US Politics, US News, Myanmar Travel, 2008 Presidential Election, Opinion

Burmanet

The Nation (Thailand): US will only help if Burma shows results a " Editorial

Asean should also step in as a united front and push its peer to conduct free and fair elections.

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NationMultimedia.com - Opinion

US and Burma: Moving into a New Phase

On September 23, the general debate of the 64th session of the United Nations opened with Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon reaffirming the UN Charter and faith in the principles of peace, justice, human rights and equal opportunity for all.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, World News, Hillary Clinton, Opinion

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Asia Times

US gives Myanmar a tentative embrace

US gives Myanmar a tentative embrace By Brian McCartan BANGKOK - Senior United States representatives returned from a two-day fact-finding trip to Myanmar on Thursday without any major breakthroughs, but then they were not planning on any.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, National League for Democracy, World News

South Asian Media Net

Iran and Syria deny arms claims

TEHRAN: Iran and Syria have denied Israeli claims that a ship seized in the Mediterranean was carrying Iranian weapons for Hezbollah militants.

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Tulsa World

Free To Talk

Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, exits the Inya Lake Hotel in Yangon, the country's capital, after meeting Wednesday with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell.

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Related Topix: Burma, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, South America, Paraguay

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Raw Story

Myanmar vote plan clouds new US dialogue

US envoys who paid a rare visit to Myanmar say the new dialogue will be slow and cautious, but the junta's plans to hold 2010 elections are casting a shadow that could disrupt the delicate process.

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Related Topix: Burma, Southeast Asia, World News, Prison, Travel, US Politics, US News, Myanmar Travel, 2008 Presidential Election, National League for Democracy

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

A Victim of the Junta's Dog-Eat-Dog World

Win Aung, a former foreign minister and one of ex-spy chief Gen Khin Nyunt's aides, died on Wednesday morning at 1:55 a.m. local time in Rangoon's infamous Insein Prison.

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Related Topix: Burma, Southeast Asia, World News

The Age

Burma poll 'credible' only with Suu Kyi

JAILED Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi must be allowed to participate in next year's elections for the world to accept the result, the US has said.

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Related Topix: World News, Burma, National League for Democracy

Burmanet

Irrawaddy: Burma: Catching two fishes at once? - Saw Yan Naing

The visiting US delegation's talks with the Burmese regime, ethnic minority groups and the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has coincided this week with the news that the China gas pipeline project is finally under way in Arakan State.

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Related Topix: Burma, Southeast Asia, World News, Travel, China Travel, Canada, New York, National League for Democracy

Wed Nov 04, 2009

TheNational

Obama must press Iran on human rights

ABU DHABI // On the eve of the anniversary of the Iranian hostage crisis, an Iranian lawyer, former judge and Nobel peace laureate criticised the handling of the post-election turmoil in the Islamic republic, and expressed her disappointment in the United States' neglect of human rights issues in its negotiations with Iran.

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Related Topix: Travel, Iran Travel, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Prison, Barack Obama, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, World News

Reuters Video

U.S. talks to Myanmar's Suu Kyi

Nov 4 - A top U.S. official has held rare talks with Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, as part of a high-level visit to the isolated country.

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CNN

U.S. diplomats land in Myanmar for meetings

Two U.S. diplomats arrived in Myanmar Tuesday and will meet with imprisoned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

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The 'magical' world of Disney is set for China, after planners approved a new theme park in Shanghai.

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The West Australian

U.S. delegation in Myanmar for rare talks with junta

A delegation of senior U.S. officials, pursuing a new dialogue, met with Myanmar's military rulers on Tuesday in the highest-level talks with the reclusive junta in 14 years.

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Related Topix: Burma, Southeast Asia, World News, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, National League for Democracy, Thein Sein

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