Myanmar

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Pagodas in Kyaukmyaung, east of Shwebo, Myanmar, are seen destroyed after a strong earthquake on Nov. 11, 2012. The magnitude-6.8 quake struck northern Myanmar, collapsing a bridge and a gold mine, damaging several old Buddhist pagodas and leaving as many as 12 people feared dead. (Associated Press/Weekly Eleven News)

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Refugees gather at the Thechaung camp set up for Rohingya Muslims who took refuge there after a previous wave of violence in June. Human rights groups say Myanmar’s failure to address the root causes of the crisis means the situation may get worse. (Associated Press)

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Muslim refugees arrive by boat in Thae Chaung, in western Myanmar, on Sunday. They walked to the nearby Thechaung camp, a place that’s home to thousands of refugees. (Associated Press)

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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)

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Myanmar Buddhist monks hold banners and placards during a rally against recent violence in Rakhine state, outside the city hall in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Nearly 200 protesters including Buddhist monks called for the stop of renewed violence in western coast of Myanmar. (AP Photo)

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Myanmar’s new foreign investment law lays out broad powers for a regulatory investment commission that is already struggling to keep up. The panel has put on a fresh, investor-friendly face, but its functionaries are trying to cope with a deluge of investor interest. (Associated Press)

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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)

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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)

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Nai Sike (left) and Paung Pakong walk out of Mr. Sike's grocery store, where a display of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is displayed out front, on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, in Fort Wayne, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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Nai Sike (left) and Paung Pakong walk out of Mr. Sike’s grocery store, where an image of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is displayed in front, in Fort Wayne, Ind. Originally from Myanmar, the two men now call Fort Wayne home. The city of 256,000 is home to one of the nation’s largest concentrations of people from the Southeast Asian country. (Associated Press)

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House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), left, looks on as Chairperson and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar, also known as Burma, center, is handed the Congressional Gold Medal from Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio), right, in the Capitol rotunda, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)