Nov 4th, 2009 - Reuters
YANGON (Reuters) - A top U.S. official held rare talks with Myanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on Wednesday as part of Washington's highest-level visit to the isolated army-ruled country in 14 years.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner met United States Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell for more than two hours at a hotel near Yangon's Inya lake, close to her home where she has been detained for much of the past two decades.
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Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- One of two U.S. officials who made a rare trip to Myanmar said Thursday that the United States was willing to improve relations if that nation's ruling military junta takes tangible steps towards democracy.
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Nov 4th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. envoy Kurt Campbell met for twohours today at a hotel in Myanmar with detained oppositionleader Aung San Suu Kyi, the State Department said.
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Nov 4th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Bangkok, Thailand - Senior U.S. officials were allowed to meet today with Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, in a further...
US envoys meet Myanmar's Suu Kyi
Nov 4th, 2009 - Al Jazeera English
Kurt Campbell, the most senior US official to visit Myanmar in 14 years, has reportedly met Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's detained opposition leader, in Yangon.
Aung San Suu Kyi...US delegation in Myanmar for rare junta talks
Nov 2nd, 2009 - Reuters
YANGON (Reuters) - A delegation of senior U.S. officials arrived in Myanmar Tuesday for Washington's highest-level talks with the reclusive military regime in 14 years.
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