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Myanmar's NLD shuns new parliamentary session
23/04/2012 - World news explained

Myanmar's NLD shuns new parliamentary session

In Myanmar, the opposition National League for Democracy, NLD, was absent from the opening of the new parliamentary session.

Asean calls for end to sanctions on Myanmar
04/04/2012 - World news explained

Asean calls for end to sanctions on Myanmar

South-east Asian countries meeting in Cambodia have called for the lifting of sanctions on Myanmar.

02/04/2012

French press review 2 April 2012

This morning's French papers are torn between momentous foreign stories and the ups and downs on the long long road to France's presidential elections.

23/01/2012 - Myanmar - European Union - France

Europe to ease Myanmar sanctions after France's Juppé visits

The European Union (EU) has agreed to start easing sanctions against Myanmar, following a visit by French Foreign Affairs Minister Alain Juppé and Britain’s William Hague.

13/01/2012 - Myanmar

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to receive France's Légion d'honneur

French foreign minister Alain Juppé will visit Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar next week and make her a Commander in the National Order of the Légion ...

Press freedom in Burma
01/01/2012 - International media

Press freedom in Burma

Recent reports suggest that after decades of repression and censorship by a succession of military regimes, controls are loosening in the South East Asian country formerly known as Burma.

02/12/2011 - Myanmar - US

Suu Kyi hails historic moment in Myanmar as Clinton visits

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday declared that the country has reached a “historic moment” as she and State Hillary Clinton posed for the cameras at the end the US ...

01/12/2011 - Myanmar - US

Obama promises new phase in relations with Myanmar

US President Barack Obama offered Myanmar a "new phase" in relations in return for tangible reform, in a message delivered by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday during historic ...

17/11/2011 - US - South-east Asia

Asean agrees Myanmar to be chair in 2014

Myanmar is to chair the Asean grouping of south-east Asian nations in 2014, the bloc’s leaders agreed Thudesday, boosting the government’s bid for international recognition of its ...

12/10/2011 - Myamnar

Myanmar releases first batch of amnestied prisoners

Myanmar on Wednesday freed about 120 political prisoners, the first of 6,300 detainees who are to benefit from an amnesty announced on Tuesday.

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