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Burmese soldiers ride on army motorbike in a street of the Burmese capital, on November 30, 1995, in Rangoon (Yancoon).
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Since President Obama’s historic trip to Rangoon last November, the United States has continued to advocate for continued progress on reform by President Thein Sein’s government, in close cooperation with [opposition leader] Aung San Suu Kyi, civil society leaders, and the international community
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President Obama official schedule and guidance May 20, 2013. Burma President Thein Sein
the President will welcome His Excellency President Thein Sein to the White House. Since President Obama's historic trip to Rangoon last November, the United States has continued to advocate for continued progress on reform by President Thein Sein's government, 6:29 AM from Chicago Sun-Times Read more »
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From cars to cola, U.S. firms cross into Burma
size. A fake KFC logo has been taken down, and the Colonel Sanders logo, left, has been covered up, above a shuttered shopfront in Rangoon, Burma.(Photo: Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY) Besides finger-lickin' food, residents of Rangoon, Burma's commercial capital, from USA Today Read more »
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White House visit by Burma’s Thein Sein a sign of changing times
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 Pagoda Road in Rangoon. It’s a reminder of the history made last November when Obama became from The Washington Post Read more »
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May 12, 2013
line up to collect water at Yazarthingyan lake in Dala township, near Rangoon, Burma, since the inland lakes have all dried up in hot summer. Taiwanese people pray together during the Taiwan National Buddha's Birthday celebration in front of the Chiang Kai-shek from Voice of America Read more »
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Sushma backs demand for returning remains of Bahad
leader Sushma Swaraj has welcomed the demand for bringing back the mortal remains of last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar from Rangoon in Myanmar for its burial in Delhi. Supporting the demand, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha said this will be from Zee News Read more »
