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UN committee condemns N.Korea, Myanmar over rights

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Myanmar on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two Asian countries. The 192-nation General Assembly's Third Committee, which focuses on human rights issues, approved a resolution on North Korea 97-19 with 65 abstentions. A similar resolution on Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, passed 92-26 with 65 abstentions. The North Korea resolution voiced "very serious concern" at what it said were persistent reports of "systematic, widespread and grave violations of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights." Among Pyongyang's violations, the resolution said, ... Read Full Story

Guarded hope as Obama engages Myanmar

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Supporters of Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi voiced guarded hope after US President Barack Obama raised her case directly with the junta, but some accused Southeast Asian leaders of undercutting his message. In Singapore, Obama on Sunday held a first-ever summit with leaders of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) where he pressed member Myanmar, earlier known as Burma, to enter dialogue with the opposition. The summit was a dramatic symbol of the Obama administration's new approach of engaging Myanmar. Just months ago, any senior US official -- let alone the president himself -- meeting the military regime would have ... Read Full Story

Obama meets Myanmar PM, calls for Suu Kyi's release

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama called for the release of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi when he met the country's prime minister at a meeting with other Southeast Asian leaders in Singapore on Sunday. Obama shook hands with Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein at the meeting in Singapore's Shangri-la hotel with the 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the first ever with a U.S. president. The United States has begun to re-engage with Southeast Asia after years of relative neglect that left China to increase its diplomatic and economic heft in the region. Speaking to reporters ... Read Full Story

In Asia, Obama, Medvedev see nuke pact progress

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President Barack Obama on Sunday said the United States and Russia would have a replacement treaty on reducing nuclear arms in place by the end of the year, an announcement designed as an upbeat ending to a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders. While trumpeting progress with Russia on arms control — part of Obama's determination to put the world on a path toward nuclear disarmament — it became obvious that a 192-nation gathering next month in Copenhagen was not going to produce a new global treaty to reduce heat-trapping carbon emissions to roll back warming of the planet. Nearing the end of his two days ... Read Full Story

Release Suu Kyi, Obama tells Myanmar PM

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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 Burma (Myanmar)," Obama told reporters, recapping his call Saturday for the junta to release Suu Kyi after two decades of house arrest. "He brought that up directly with that government," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters as Obama met Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein and nine other regional leaders in Singapore. Obama was sitting down with friends and foes alike at ... Read Full Story
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A flexible Myanmar dialogue
Earlier this year a woman passes a banner calling for the release of Myanmar opposition icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spent most of the past 20 years in detention at the behest of the country’s ruling military junta. T HE two-hour summit ...  
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U.S. Calls for Myanmar Dialogue as Suu Kyi Writes to Junta
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. said it’s hopeful that political dialogue can begin in Myanmar between the military government and opposition parties after pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi wrote to junta chief Senior General Than Shwe . The ...  
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Burma : This is the PRIME TIME to press junta
23 November 2009 Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) today calls for the world leaders to press the junta to do the national reconciliation.  Burma’s legitimate leader, Aung San Suu Kyi has been calling for the genuine dialogue to find the solution for the Burma crisis...read more  
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Will Myanmar junta chief meet the lady — Nirmal Ghosh
The question on many people’s minds in Yangon these days is whether Senior General Than Shwe will meet “the lady”, as Aung San Suu Kyi is known across Myanmar.  
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UN commission: 'grave concern' over Myanmar rights abuses
UNITED NATIONS – A UN commission issued a resolution Thursday expressing "grave concern" over widespread rights abuses in Myanmar and detention of political prisoners including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The non-binding resolution was ...  
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Obama Meets Myanmar PM, Calls For Aung San Suu Kyi Release
U.S. President Barack Obama called for the release of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi when he met the country's prime minister at a meeting with other Southeast Asian leaders in Singapore on Sunday. Obama shook hands with Myanmar Prime ...  
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi proposes cooperation with junta
Yangon, Myanmar — Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ready to cooperate with Myanmar’s ruling junta in lifting foreign sanctions but it remains uncertain if the reconciliation effo...  
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Key UN committee condemns rights violations in Myanmar and urges release of...
A key United Nations committee is strongly condemning human rights violations in Myanmar and urging the government to release of all political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi.  
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Suu Kyi seeks meeting with Myanmar junta leader Gen. Than Shwe
A protester from Myanmar’s National League for Democracy holds a portrait of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi while shouting a slogan during a rally to mark the second anniversary of pro-democracy demonstrations in Myanmar, in Seoul. Detained ...  
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Suu Kyi asks to meet Myanmar rulers
Myanmar's jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has offered her "co-operation" to the country's military government and seeks a meeting with the top general, her party says. Nyan Win, a spokesman for her National League for Democracy (NLD), said ...  
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