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Thein Sein becomes first Burmese president to visit US since 1966
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Burma's president, Thein Sein in the Oval Office. Until two years ago the former general was on a US blacklist. Photograph: Shawn ...
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Video Carney U.S. to refer more frequently to Burma as Myanmar
As a "diplomatic courtesy," the United States "has begun to allow limited use of the name Myanmar" to describe the former pariah state of Burma as it inches closer toward democracy, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Monday - but official U.S. policy, he added, "remains that Burma is the name of the ...
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Myanmar leader vows justice over communal violence
WASHINGTON -; Myanmar President Thein Sein says that all perpetrators of inter-communal violence in the country will be brought to ...
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Myanmar Leaders Visit To Washington A Historic Occasion
The president of Myanmar, Thein Sein, met with President Obama in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Thein Sein's trip is the first state visit to the U.S. by a Burmese official in nearly 47 ...
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Myanmars White House bow well done but not mission accomplished
Eric Schmidt . But human rights officials caution that the visit should not be prematurely hailed as a "mission accomplished moment" for the still-troubled ...
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Myanmar leader in historic White House visit
View Photo AFP/Ye Aung Thu - Myanmar President Thein Sein (L) arrives at Yangon International Airport May 17, 2013, before leaving for a visit to the US. Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first leader of his ...
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Video Obama hosts Burmese president at the White House
In a photo op Monday afternoon with Burma's president, Thein Sein, President Obama repeatedly referred to the nation as Myanmar - new acknowledgement of a "diplomatic courtesy" allowing "limited use of the name" to describe the former pariah state, though official U.S. policy "remains that Burma is the name of the ...
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Burma or Myanmar WH grappling with name game
As a "diplomatic courtesy," the U.S. government "has begun to allow limited use of the name Myanmar" to describe the former pariah state of Burma as it inches closer toward democracy, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Monday. In a photo op Monday afternoon with Burma's president, Thein Sein, President Obama repeatedly referred to the nation as Myanmar, ...
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Obama praises Thein Seins leadership leading Myanmar to democracy
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks after a meeting with Myanmar president Thein Sein in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on May 20, 2013. The Obama administration has continued to advocate for continued progress on reform by President Thein Sein's government, in close cooperation with Aung San Suu Kyi, civil society leaders, and the international community. ...
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Obama praises Myanmar reform but warns on ethnic unrest
US President BarackObamaon Monday saluted Myanmar President Thein Sein for his leadership in pushing through startling political reforms, but warned ethnic violence in the country must ...
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Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to take steps to halt violence against Muslims in his country and move ahead with economic and political ...
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Obama describes ‘shift’ in US-Myanmar relations
President Barack Obama hosts Myanmar President Thein Sein on Monday. The occasion marks the first time a president from Myanmar has visited the White House in over four ...
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Obama Lauds Myanmar’s Progress as Opening Economic Opportunities
Barack Obama lauded the progress made by Myanmar President Thein Sein's government to open the political process and said greater emphasis on human rights will bring the Southeast Asian nation more prosperity. Thein Sein's White House visit today was the first of a leader from the country formerly known as Burma in 47 years and comes amid warming relations and U.S. support for ...
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Obama says Myanmar president to release more political prisoners
Thein Sein planned to release more political prisoners and institutionalize democratic reforms in his country. Obama told reporters that he had expressed U.S. concern about violence against Muslims in Myanmar to Thein Sein during a meeting at ...
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Myanmar - United States Trade Council Established By Washington DCNew York Trade Finance Advisory Firm
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Myanmar - United States Trade Council announced today that it has established offices in Washington, DC, New York City, and Yangon, Myanmar. The Myanmar United States Trade Council will promote international trade and investment relations between the United States and Myanmar. Its activities will include trade missions, the publication of ...
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Myanmar US waste a chance
President Thein Sein has visited President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington. The visit is being promoted by both Myanmar and the United States for its symbolism. This is a shame. These two countries should approach their relations far more seriously than last night's largely ceremonial handshakes and platitudes. The two leaders wasted golden opportunities while dragging out ...
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Burma’s Thein Sein Visits Washington
Myanmar's President Thein Sein arrives at the West Wing of the White House for a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, May 20, ...
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Myanmar’s post-socialist economic transformation
Since 2011 Myanmar has been back on track with its economic transformation from a centrally planned, state command, socialist economy to a market, capitalist model. The new foreign investment law adopted in November 2012 is a sign of opening ...
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Knockoffs of Iconic American Brands in Myanmar
';Walmart'; in Yangon. (Photo: Patrick Winn) Myanmar President Thein Sein is in Washington this week for a historic meeting with President Obama. Not long ago, Thein Sein was on a travel black list. But in the past two years, Myanmar has undergone dramatic political change that pleases the White House. And Thein Sein is hoping that will mean more US investment in Myanmar. But, ...
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In Myanmar a movement for Muslim and Buddhist tolerance
Myanmar in late March, leaving more than 40 people dead and raising tensions in the mostly Buddhist country, a group of Muslims and a group of Buddhists decided enough was ...
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Record-Setting Burmese Python Captured In Miami-Dade County
Jason Leon (left) captured and killed record-setting Burmese python in Miami-Dade. it measured 18-feet, 8-inches and weighed 128 pounds. (Source: ...
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Myanmar to pump oil and gas to energy-hungry China
Workers prepare to launch the China section of the Myanmar-China oil and gas pipeline in Anning in southwest China's Yunnan province. Ren Dong / Color China Photo / AP ...
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Obama Receives President of Myanmar at the White House
Washington, May 20 (Prensa Latina) U.S. President Barack Obama will receive his counterpart from Myanmar, Thein Sein, today at the White House, here on an official visit. Sein is the first Head of State from that Southeast Asian country to be hosted at the White House in 47 years, something which might be interpreted as international recognition for Naiyipido (capital of the nation), according ...
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Obama to host Myanmar leader
MYANMAR'S President Thein Sein will become the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, as Washington offers a strong symbolic gesture to back his reforms. In a scene that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago, the former general will meet President Barack Obama and later seek to woo US businesses that see a lucrative market in a nation that ...
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Burmas Web-Savvy Rebels - By Patrick Boehler
Hagel's front office gets a new Hand; Shineski, under fire; Obama to talk drone, Gitmo policy; MCT: Amos being investigated; Terminal Lance: "Shut up!" and a bit more. - by Gordon ...
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Foreign couple's novel approach to helping Burmese village
The political situation in Myanmar is well-known throughout the world, but often overshadows the circumstances of local people and our rich culture. A couple overseas have combined the two to create an unusual approach to helping the people of one village in the country.
Myanmar is one of the most politically and socially isolated countries in the world, much bad press is leveled at our country for decisions made and actions taken that the people are not responsible for and while attention focuses on the political dynamic of the country, the plight of many Burmese such as poverty, lack of access to water and education, become overshadowed. One family in the United States has taken a novel approach to giving back to a country that has stolen their hearts. Read more
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