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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is welcomed by supporters upon arrival at the headquarters of her National League for Democracy party. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

As Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar opposition near power, U.S. urged to use leverage

By Meghan Bartlett - The Washington Times

Myanmar president pledges to press ahead with reforms

By Ashish Kumar Sen and Ashish Kumar Sen THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (left) meets with President Thein Sein at the presidential office in the capital of Naypyitaw in 2010. (Associated Press)

Myanmar’s promises unfulfilled as leader meets with Obama

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Thursday, March 21, 2013 file photo, armed Myanmar police officers provide security around a smoldering building following ethnic unrest between Buddhists and Muslims in Meikhtila, Mandalay division, about 550 kilometers (340 miles) north of Yangon, Myanmar. (AP File Photo)

Myanmar communal unrest threatens reforms

By Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

Google exec urges Myanmar to embrace free speech

By ERIKA KINETZ - Associated Press

President Obama (right) tours the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, on Nov. 19, 2012. In a historic trip to a long shunned land, Obama showered praise and promises of more U.S. help to Myanmar if the Asian nation keeps building its new democracy. (Associated Press)

Human rights advocates warn of backsliding in Myanmar

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

In this early Nov. 29, 2012, photo provided by a monk, flames are seen at the gate of Chinese mining partner Wan Bao where protesters camped before the police crackdown in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar. (AP Photo)

Myanmar cracks down on mine protest; dozens hurt

By Yadana Htun - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Nov. 19, 2012, photo, President Barack Obama "douses 11 flames" as he tours the Shwedagon Pagoda with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Yangon, Myanmar. Little noticed during Obama's landmark visit to Myanmar was a significant concession that could shed light on whether that nation's powerful military pursued a clandestine nuclear weapons program, possibly with North Korea's help. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Myanmar says it’s ready to sign nuclear agreement

By Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

Illustration: Burma

FRANKS: Obama must use Burma visit to push for reform

By Rep. Trent Franks

A Rakhine refugee lies on a bed Oct. 26, 2012, under medical treatment at Sittwe hospital in Sittwe, Rakhine State in western Myanmar. The death toll from recent ethnic violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine has surpassed 100, an official said Friday, as the government warned that the strife risks harming the country's reputation as it seeks to install democratic rule. (Associated Press)

Myanmar says ethnic strife killed 67

By Khin Maung Win - Associated Press

Thein Sein, President of Myanmar, speaks Sept. 27, 2012, during the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. (Associated Press)

Myanmar leader hails democratic reform

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

In U.N. stunner, Myanmarese leader praises Suu Kyi

By Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday at the U.N. General Assembly in New York told Myanmar President Thein Sein that the United States will ease its import ban on the country. (Associated Press)

U.S. to ease import ban on Myanmar

By Matthew Lee and Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (center) is awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 19, 2012, as House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, look on. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Myanmar reform leader Suu Kyi praised on Hill

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Buddhist monks and ethnic Rakhine people hold placards at the Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar's most revered Buddhist shrine, in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday, June. 10, 2012. The group gathered to say prayers for a murdered girl and others killed in the clashes in Rakhine state over the weekend. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

State of emergency declared in western Myanmar

Associated Press

Buddhist monks and people from Rakhine walk about to offer prayers at Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday. A group of people from Rakhine state and some Buddhist monks are at the Shwedagon Pagoda - Myanmar's most revered Buddhist shrine - to say prayers for a murdered girl and those killed in the clashes. The group walked a circuit around the pagoda. (Associated Press)

State of emergency declared in Myanmar

Associated Press

Protesters hold candles during a candlelight vigil in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Myanmar power protests put new reforms to the test

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi spent her first day as a member of her country's parliment on Wednesday. She will have almost no power since her political party holds only a few dozen seats, but she will have an official voice in government for the first time. (Associated Press)

Myanmar begins new era as Suu Kyi joins parliament

By Aye Aye Win and Todd Pitman - Associated Press

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (center) arrives at parliament to attend a regular session of the body's lower house in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

New era begins in Myanmar as Suu Kyi joins parliament

By Aye Aye Win and Todd Pitman - Associated Press

Aung San Suu Kyi discusses her talks with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle after their meeting at her house in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday.

World Briefs: U.N. chief arrives to promote reforms

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES