Senator backs end to Burma sanctions
Senator backs end to Burma sanctions US looks to end Burma sanctions after landmark visit
A key US senator on Tuesday backed an end to US sanctions on Burma after a landmark visit by the country's reformist leader, signaling a new normalisation in relations Seven Burmese Muslims jailed over monk’s murder
Seven Muslim men, including a minor, were sentenced to jail on Tuesday for the murder of a monk, whose death allegedly sparked a wave of religious riots across central Burma US support needed for reforms
US support needed for reforms Obama urges end to violence
Obama urges end to violence Obama lauds Thein Sein, but expresses concern over violence
US President Barack Obama threw his support behind Burmese President Thein Sein in his drive to reform a former pariah state but warned that a wave of violence against Muslims must stop Checkmate: Burma-US policy
After Aung San Suu Kyi was elected to parliament in April 2012, the US has embraced Thein Sein's government as the military continues to commit human rights abuses throughout the country Thein Sein kicks off US state visit
President Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms Activists slate prisoner amnesty ahead of Thein Sein’s US trip
Activists have accused the government of playing political games after more than 20 prisoners were released ahead of Thein Sein’s trip to the White House next week President Thein Sein to visit US capital on Monday
Burma’s reform-minded president will speak in Washington on Monday during a landmark visit as the United States encourages changes in the former pariah nation

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