Topic: Myanmar
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Myanmar Wednesday on the first top-level US visit for half a century, seeking to encourage a "movement for change" in the military-dominated nation.Clinton and her entourage flew into a little-used airport in Naypyidaw, the remote ...
US Senator John McCain pledged to support efforts to bring democracy to Myanmar in talks Thursday with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a visit to assess the new political landscape.The senior Republican's visit comes as President Barack Obama, who beat ...
US lawmakers this week proposed to extend sanctions on Myanmar, saying that the regime has not made true efforts to improve treatment of its people despite a political transition.The annual legislation, which has passed easily in Congress in the past, bans the ...
President Barack Obama will soon appoint the first US special envoy on Myanmar, officials said, signaling a renewed effort to pry open the nation after its much criticized political transition.People involved in the process said Obama would name Derek Mitchell, a veteran ...
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's reclusive paramount leader Than Shwe is not among a list of presidential candidates to be nominated by parliament, lawmakers said on Tuesday, signaling an end to his 18 years of direct rule.The country's new parliament is expected ...
The article reports that Lynne Cheney, wife of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, was promoting her memoir " As Burma's Saffron Revolutionaries were being rounded up and shot in the streets of Yangon, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was talking tough at ...
The United States on Monday urged the military junta in Myanmar to halt attacks on ethnic minorities, saying it was " deeply concerned" about the fighting.The plea follows deadly clashes in a largely ethnic Chinese region of Myanmar as well as the ...
The US Congress has voted to renew a legislation banning all imports from military-ruled Myanmar and sent it for President George W. Bush's signature, lawmakers said Thursday.The Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act was passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday and ...
September 17 2007A plane carrying at least 128 passengers, mostly foreign tourists, crashed down in Thailand, while landing in heavy rain.  Rescuers fought flames to evacuate survivors, though despite efforts, 91 are confirmed dead, and 40 others remain missing.  The survivors, including ...
