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[News] Burma: health reforms slow to reach cancer patients

Source: The Lancet, Nov 30 2012, 6:57pm CST

outline goes here US President Barack Obama's visit to Burma on Nov 19 this year renewed global interest in the country's democratic reforms announced in early 2011. However, aid workers remain cautious about the effect of a ...

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US, Myanmar sign trade agreement

Source: China Daily  |   May 21 2013, 7:17pm CDT

WASHINGTON - The United States and Myanmar on Tuesday signed a trade and investment framework agreement, announced the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) in a statement. The signing of the agreement came a day after US President Barack Ob ...

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Editorial Board: Burmese president’s visit gives glimmer of hope for change

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 21 2013, 7:13pm CDT

NOT MANY DICTATORS or military juntas willingly give up power. Will Burma’s regime prove the exception? That was the ever-present though mostly unspoken question as President Thein Sein toured Washington this week. The Bur ...

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US looks to end Myanmar sanctions after landmark visit

Source: Straits Times  |   May 21 2013, 6:06pm CDT

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A key US senator on Tuesday backed an end to US sanctions on Myanmar after a landmark visit by the country's reformist leader, signaling a new normalisation in relations despite rights concerns. President ...

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US looking to end Myanmar sanctions after landmark visit

Source: Channel News Asia  |   May 21 2013, 6:02pm CDT

WASHINGTON: A key US senator on Tuesday backed an end to US sanctions on Myanmar after a landmark visit by the country's reformist leader, signalling a new normalisation in relations despite rights concerns. P ...

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Burma Cyclone

Source: OpPapers.com  |   May 21 2013, 5:41pm CDT

WebQuest: Cyclone in Burma 50 points Directions: Read the following article and answer the questions below: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/world/jan june08/cyclone_5 12.html (Or use the following keywords in an online search engine: PBS ...

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Key senator to let Myanmar sanctions bill lapse

Source: FindLaw: AP Professional News  |   May 21 2013, 5:10pm CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation against the Southeast Asian nation to lapse because of the country's progress toward ...

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Video: McConnell: Lift sanctions on Burma

Source: CBS News  |   May 21 2013, 5:09pm CDT

"We don't have to worry" about Oklahoma relief money, Reid says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told reporters FEMA has enough money "right now" to tend to the devastation left by a monster tornado in Oklahoma, but ass ...

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McConnell calls for end of import sanctions on Myanmar

Source: Washington Times  |   May 21 2013, 5:03pm CDT

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday urged Congress not to extend import sanctions on Myanmar, warning that sticking with the sanctions would be “a slap in the face” to reformers in the Southeast Asian nation. Mr. McConn ...

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Mr. Sein Goes to Washington

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 21 2013, 3:59pm CDT

President Obama shakes hands with Myanmar’s President Thein Sein in the Oval Office May 20, 2013. (AP PHOTO JACQUELYN MARTIN) Can a former dictator become a true reformer? The photo of a beaming President Obama shaking hands with Bur ...

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McConnell Won't Seek to Continue Burma Sanctions

Source: Roll Call  |   May 21 2013, 3:00pm CDT

One of the Senate’s leading voices on Myanmar, or Burma, says he will not pursue a renewal of economic sanctions against the country. Congress has reauthorized sanctions against the Asian country on an annual basis, citing t ...

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