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Burma Says President to Make Official U.S. Visit
(Rangoon, Burma) — Burma's reformist President Thein Sein will visit the White House next week, the first such trip by a Burma head of state in almost 47 years...
The Regime’s Inner Reformist: Can Thein Sein Change Burma?
TIME profiles the President of Burma—and looks at the challenges that face him and the world’s newest economic frontier
State of Emergency Declared in Burmese Town
(MEIKHTILA, Burma) -- Burma President Thein Sein has declared a state of emergency in a central town where at least 20 people have been killed in violence...
Burma Bresident Welcomes Closer Australia Ties
(CANBERRA, Australia) — Burma President Thein Sein welcomed closer ties with Australia on Monday as he asked for continued support through his country's...
Inside Man
Deep in Burma's irrawaddy delta, the rhythms of Kyonku village echo from another century. Oxen and buffalo plow the paddies; women in sarongs smoke pipes and...
Photo Essays
In Burma, Religious Riots Flare Up Again
The central Burmese town of Meikhtila declared a curfew for a second night on March 21 after clashes killed 10 people, including a Buddhist monk, and injured at...
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White House visit by Burma's Thein Sein a sign of changing times
RANGOON, BURMA -- T-shirts bearing images of President Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader, hang side by side in the shops just off the busy Kabar Aye...
World Briefing | Asia: Myanmar: Leader to Visit White House
Myanmar's reformist president, Thein Sein, will visit the White House next week, the first such trip by a Myanmar head of state in almost 47 years. ...
U. S. Lifts Visa Ban on Officials From Myanmar
Lifting the ban is the latest effort by the Obama administration to reward Myanmar after its president, Thein Sein, began to open the country's political system and economy in...
Myanmar Frees Group of Dissenters
Human rights groups said that the amnesty declared by President Thein Sein still left many abuses unaddressed. ...
