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Nyan Win, lawyer for Myanmar's pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, talks to journalists during at her party's headquarters on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) Copyright 2009 AP News
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Guarded hope as Obama engages Myanmar
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Obama meets Myanmar PM, calls for Suu Kyi's release
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Release Suu Kyi, Obama tells Myanmar PM
US President Barack Obama used a landmark encounter with the prime minister of military-run Myanmar on Sunday to demand freedom for detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. "I reaffirmed the policy that I put forward yesterday in Tokyo with regard to ...
Obama tells Myanmar PM: Release Suu Kyi
US President Barack Obama pressed Sunday for Myanmar's military junta to release democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, during a landmark encounter with the regime's prime minister, the White House said. "He brought up the release of Aung San Suu Kyi with ...
In Asia, Obama attends meeting with Myanmar leader
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