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Key senator to let Myanmar sanctions bill lapse
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation ...
Myanmar Muslims jailed for killing Buddhist monk
A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison Tuesday — one of them to a life term — in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian ...
Obama vows US support as Myanmar leader visits
President Barack Obama on Monday told Myanmar's president during a long-awaited White House meeting that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to ...
Myanmar leader vows justice over communal violence
Myanmar President Thein Sein says that all perpetrators of inter-communal violence in the country will be brought to justice. Thein Sein made the ...
Bangladesh, Myanmar relieved as cyclone fizzles
A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had ...
Residents shout 'Protest!' over refinery in China
More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted "Protest! Protest!" on Thursday to oppose plans for a petroleum refinery, in a ...
As rain from cyclone falls, Myanmar minority stay
A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the ...
Myanmar's president to visit White House on Monday
President Barack Obama is set to welcome Myanmar President Thein Sein (tayn sayn) to the White House Monday. It will be the first visit by a Myanmar ...
Boats carrying fleeing Rohingya minority capsize
An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority ...
Myanmar says president to make official US visit
Myanmar's reformist President Thein Sein will visit the White House next week, the first such trip by a Myanmar head of state in almost 47 years and ...
Refugees face uncertain future as Myanmar opens
Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has known almost nothing of the world beyond the fence and guard posts that hem her in with ...
Aerosmith drops Indonesia show over security fears
Aerosmith canceled a show in Indonesia after authorities there said they had foiled a bomb plot targeting the Myanmar Embassy. Concert promoter Ismaya ...
Indonesia says 2 arrested for Myanmar Embassy plot
Hours after Indonesia announced it had foiled an alleged plot to bomb the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta, hundreds of hard-line Muslims gathered outside ...
Myanmar Muslims face uncertain future after attack
They slept terrified in the fields, watching their homes burn through the night. And when they returned on Wednesday, nothing was left but smoldering ...
Ford to enter Myanmar with showroom by August
Ford Motor Co. announced its entry into Myanmar on Tuesday, saying it plans to open the nation's first sales and service showroom for new vehicles by ...
Myanmar pardons 93, including political prisoners
Myanmar's president pardoned 93 prisoners, including at least 59 political detainees, a day after the European Union lifted sanctions against the ...
Suu Kyi visit highlights Japan's Myanmar push
Japan's long-deferred aspirations for a larger role in Myanmar are getting a boost this coming week with a visit by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and ...
Buddhist, Muslims from Myanmar clash in Indonesia
Sectarian and ethnic tensions running high in Myanmar boiled over far outside the country's borders Friday, when Buddhist fishermen and Muslim asylum ...
Myanmar communal unrest threatens reforms
Few imagined Myanmar would embrace democracy when the U.S. began its historic engagement with the military regime. The country's rapid changes were ...
13 children die in Myanmar mosque fire
Police in Myanmar said they are investigating the head of a mosque and a Muslim teacher for possible negligence after a pre-dawn fire swept a ...
Privately owned daily newspapers return to Myanmar
The newspaper industry might be shrinking in the rest of the world but it expanded Monday in Myanmar when privately run daily newspapers hit ...
AP opens full news bureau in Myanmar
The Associated Press on Saturday became the first international news agency to open a bureau in Myanmar since a reformist government took power two ...
General: Myanmar military staying in politics
The military that ruled Myanmar for five decades paraded its might Wednesday in front of the opposition leader it once repressed, as its commander in ...
Myanmar sets curfews to curb spread of violence
Authorities in Myanmar imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in three townships after anti-Muslim religious violence touched new parts of the country, edging ...