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Reaching Out to Burma- Bertil Lintner

Source: Myanmar News
Yangon : Myanmar | 21 days ago  
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  • Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Campbell in Yangon
    Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary ...
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  • A frame grab shows Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi talking to western diplomats in Yangon
    A frame grab shows Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Frame grab shows Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi getting into a car after a meeting with western diplomats in Yangon
    Frame grab shows Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi getting into a ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for a meeting at the Inya Lake Hotel in Yangon
    Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for a meeting at the Inya Lake Hotel in ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Therese Rein and Lucy Turnbull lead a rally in support of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi outside the Sydney Opera House
    Therese Rein and Lucy Turnbull lead a rally in support of Myanmar's ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Therese Rein, wife of Australia's PM Kevin Rudd, leads a rally in support of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi outside the Sydney Opera House
    Therese Rein, wife of Australia's PM Kevin Rudd, leads a rally in ...
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  • A protester demonstrates during a rally led by Therese Rein and Lucy Turnbull in support of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi outside the Sydney Opera House
    A protester demonstrates during a rally led by Therese Rein and Lucy ...
    Source: Reuters
Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary ...
U.S. diplomats Kurt Campbell and Scot Marciel are visiting Burma this week to test the Obama administration’s new policy of engagement with authoritarian regimes. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asserted this policy will “help achieve democratic reform.” But this...
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    US envoy meets Suu Kyi in trip to engage... The highest-ranking US diplomat to visit Burma (Myanmar) since 1995 met with junta officials and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Wednesday. ...
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