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" and encouraged them to continue with their social services for the community. Thein Sein was speaking at the inauguration of the USDA annual meeting, which was attended by about 700 USDA representatives across the country.

The question on many people's minds in Yangon these days is whether Senior General Than Shwe will meet "the lady", as Aung San Suu Kyi is known across Myanmar.

Critics of the Obama administration were delighted at the images from the president's recent trip to Asia.

A renewed US push seems destined to fail as the junta pursues self-interest. ONE of the few predictable aspects of Burmese politics is how the ruling military regime responds to outside attempts to influence the direction of the country's internal affairs.

Nay Pyi Taw a ' Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar General Thein Sein attended the 1st ASEANUS Leaders Meeting at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, the Republic of Singapore at 3.20 pm yesterday.

Earlier this year a woman passes a banner calling for the release of Myanmar opposition icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spent most of the past 20 years in detention at the behest of the countrya TMs ruling military junta.

The United States President, Barack Obama's has left Asia empty-handed on all the key issues facing the White House.

Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong shake hands at the ASEAN-U.S. leaders meeting in Singapore on Nov.

The meeting between US President Barack Obama and his Asean counterparts has been mostly well-received, though some misgivings remain.

The fresh appeal came as Suu Kyi's case was set to dominate an expected meeting tomorrow between Obama and the Myanmar junta's prime minister, Thein Sein, at a regional forum in Singapore.

If the government of Burma is truly serious about staging an election next year, it must seriously consider the words and actions of US President Barack Obama.

Singapore, Nov.16 : US President Barack Obama has demanded the release of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

President Mahinda Rajapaska, President of The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka warmly welcomes Head of State of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe.

Barack Obama embarked Thursday on his first tour of Asia as US president, bound for Japan before later stops in Singapore, China and South Korea on a week-long trip.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday offered Myanmar the prospect of better ties with Washington if it pursued democratic reform and freed political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP / Getty ENLARGE + Among the many hands that Barack Obama will likely shake on his inaugural trip to Asia as U.S. President will be that of a soft-spoken general who happens to represent one of the world's most repressive regimes.

Lawyers for Burma's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi have lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court against her extended house arrest.

President Barack Obama has no plans for talks with Myanmar's leaders on the sidelines of a weekend Asian summit, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the opportunity might arise for her or Obama to meet them.

Amidst wide ranging speculation and applause over the new US-junta engagement, a group of activists, essentially known as a pro-junta student group, has lambasted the United States for interfering in Burma's internal affairs and for not having the right motives regarding Burma's political development.

Just the faint hope that Aung San Suu Kyi may be released soon has caused a stir of excitement among Burmese people.