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Obama Takes a Bow?

John Feffer | November 20, 2009 Editor: Jen Doak Critics of the Obama administration were delighted at the images from the president's recent trip to Asia. In China, "Obama was deferential to the point of looking weak," USA...

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Myanmar, Laos sign two MoUs on visa exemption, double taxation avoidance

YANGON, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar and Laos Friday signed two memorandums of understanding in Nay Pyi Taw respectively on mutualvisa exemption for holders of diplomatic passport and avoidance of double taxation, the state-run...

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A Burmese Perspective Is America a Paper Tiger?

By Kanbawza Win It seems that President Barack Obama's first trip to Asia has signaled a turning point in relations between a weakened American eagle and the fiery Chinese Dragon that senses its time has come to ignore on human...

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What's Obama Bringing Home From Asia?

President Barack Obama embarked on his highly anticipated maiden visit to Asia last week, furthering his efforts at global outreach. The trip comes as global leaders are reckoning with an unsynchronized exit from economic...

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USA: Amnesty International Urges Obama to Not Ignore Human Rights During his Meeting with ASEAN...

T. Kumar, Amnesty International USA's director for international advocacy and one of the foremost experts on Asia, issued the following statement prior to President Obama's trip to Asia including attending the APEC forum in...

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Looking Beyond the U.S.-Asean Summit

Although Obama may have met with leaders of Southeast Asia as a way to counter China, the economic interests of the United States, China and the rest of Southeast Asia are very much tied up with one another.

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Journalist faces 10 years' jail for video of orphans

If a shocking documentary about the fate of Myanmar's cyclone orphans wins a video-journalism award in London tomorrow, it will be some time before one of the men who shot it gets a chance to celebrate.Six months after shooting...

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A new courtship for Southeast Asia

Barack Obama at the weekend became the first US president to share a room with all 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The US's new Asian focus is based partly on a belief that the region has been...

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New light of Myanmar: Prime Minister General Thein Sein attends 1st ASEAN-US leaders meeting

Nay Pyi Taw – Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar General Thein Sein attended the 1st ASEANUS Leaders Meeting at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, the Republic of Singapore at 3.20 pm yesterday. Also present at the meeting...

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The diplomacy of deference (Politico)

Barack Obama bows while being greeted by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 14. BEIJING – Greeting the Japanese emperor at Tokyo’s Imperial Palace last weekend, President Barack...

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