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19 min ago | Asia Times

Miles to go for Thein Sein

Miles to go for Thein Sein By Aung Tun Myanmar president Thein Sein was received at the White House this week, marking the first time in 47 years a leader of the Southeast Asian country has made an official visit to the United States.

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Related Topix: Thein Sein, World News, Aung San Suu Kyi, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama,

4 hrs ago | AlertNet

Rohingya situation "like apartheid South Africa" - MP

A boy from a Rohingya internally displaced persons camp looks up as he huddles next to his mother while queuing for food in a school, where they were evacuated to shelter from cyclone Mahasen when it landed, outside of Sittwe, May 17, 2013.

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Related Topix: World News, Southeast Asia

8 hrs ago | South China Morning Post

Myanmar urged to copy Hong Kong development model

Poor nation should maintain a land bank of public sites to help fund up to US$150 billion of much-needed infrastructure projects, investors say Myanmar's infrastructure is dwarfed in size by other Southeast Asian countries like Thailand and Vietnam, while much of its property dates from colonial times.

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Related Topix: World News

12 hrs ago | South China Morning Post

China news round-up: Xi Jinping set to visit the US, Lanzhou unifies hukou

Patrick Boehler has written for Time, Bloomberg, Le Monde Diplomatique and the Chinese weekly Shidai Zhoubao.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Xi Jinping, Austria, Malaysia, Li Keqiang

Tue May 21, 2013

Stars and Stripes

A living memory of bonds between Myanmar, US

She broke her hip a while back and now uses a four-pronged cane to navigate through her home in this slowly modernizing city near the China border.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Than Shwe, India, Asia

Stars and Stripes

Symbols of US, Myanmar cooperation with a divergent fate

World War II veterans who served in Burma commissioned this statue of American and Kachin soldiers, which stands in the U.S. Embassy grounds in Yangon.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News,

AlertNet

Myanmar in the dark over hydropower for Asia

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News,

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

City Rejects Rangoon Environmentalists' Trash Offensive

Environmental activists and celebrities who had planned to clean up Rangoon's litter-strewn streets and public spaces over the weekend were prevented from doing so by the city's Municipal Committee.

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Related Topix: World News

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Govt Sets Two-Child Limit for Rohingyas in Northern Arakan

A Rohingya woman and her child at Bawdupha, a camp located several kilometers east of Sittwe, Arakan State.

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Related Topix: World News, Southeast Asia, Immigration Reform

Malaysian National News Agency

Japanese PM To Visit Myanmar

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will pay a state visit to Myanmar soon, an official announcement said here Tuesday without specifying the date of his visit.

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Related Topix: World News

Mon May 20, 2013

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

United States' Burma Sanctions List Languishes

If you're American and want to do business in Burma, there's a list of people and companies you have to steer clear of by law.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Prison,

Reuters

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

President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights on Monday when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47 years.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Thein Sein, Aung San Suu Kyi

The Asheville Citizen-Times

Obama's day: Burma

Obama meets at the White House with President Thein Sein of Burma, also known as Myanmar, which is trying to move past the military dictatorship that has run the country in recent decades.

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Related Topix: Thein Sein, World News, Aung San Suu Kyi

South China Morning Post

Gay rights activist arrested after protest in Changsha

Patrick Boehler has written for Time, Bloomberg, Le Monde Diplomatique and the Chinese weekly Shidai Zhoubao.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Gay/Lesbian, Austria, Malaysia,

Iol.co.za

Myanmar camps face monsoon threat

Myanmar's victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Tornado, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Flood,

Sun May 19, 2013

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Bangladesh Says 31 Bodies from Burma Found along Coast

A ship is seen from the shore of the Bay of Bengal before Cyclone Mahasen approaches in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on May 16, 2013.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Boat Disaster, Bangladesh,

USA Today

From cars to cola, U.S. firms cross into Burma

KFC and a host of other American icons are finally coming to Burma as the army-ruled nation known officially as Myanmar ends five decades of isolation.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Life, Food, Fast Food, Aung San Suu Kyi, Ford Ranger, Ford, Truck

Vallejo News

Bangladesh, Myanmar relieved as cyclone fizzles A once-fearsome...

A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than 1 million people to leave vulnerable coastal areas in preparation for a far worse storm.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Southeast Asia, World News, Bangladesh, Boat Disaster

The Straits Times

Myanmar leader starts landmark US visit

Myanmar president Thein Sein prepares to leave for a state visit to the US, the first by a Myanmar head of state in almost 47 years, at Yangon International airport, Myanmar, on Friday, May 17, 2013.

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Related Topix: Thein Sein, World News

Sat May 18, 2013

AVHerald

Myanma MA60 at Monghsat on May 16th 2013, runway excursion

A Myanma Airways Xian MA-60, registration XY-AIQ performing a flight from Heho to Monghsat with 55 passengers, overran the end of the runway while landing on Monghsat's runway 30 at about 11:50L by about 240 meters and stopped at the airport perimeter fence.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News