Reuters – Myanmar vowed on Saturday to address concerns raised by President Barack Obama, outlining far-reaching plans to make peace with ethnic rebels, gradually release all political prisoners and relax controls on freedom of expression.
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AP – Seizing an opportunity for historic progress in repressive Myanmar, President Barack Obama is dispatching Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the long-isolated nation next month in an attempt to accelerate fledgling reforms.
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Obama sending Clinton to repressive Myanmar
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AFP – A senior US senator Wednesday urged President Barack Obama to quickly name an ambassador to ASEAN, worrying that the absence was setting back efforts to build relations with Southeast Asia.
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Obama needs to act quickly on ASEAN: senator
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