Myanmar’s pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speak to the press after meetings at Suu Kyi’s residence in Yangon, Myanmar.
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Myanmar’s pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton embrace while speaking to the press after meetings at Suu Kyi’s residence in Yangon.
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Myanmar’s pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton react after speaking to the press at Suu Kyi’s residence in Yangon.
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Myanmar democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton following a meeting at Suu Kyi’s residence in Yangon. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on December 2 she was confident about prospects for democratic reforms in Myanmar, after talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a landmark visit.
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Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (R) and visiting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tour the grounds following a meeting at Suu Kyi’s residence in Yangon.
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Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tour the grounds of Suu Kyi’s residence in Yangon.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with ethnic minority representatives at the Beik Thano Gallery in Yangon.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi have dinner at the US Chief of Mission Residence in Rangoon, Myanmar.
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Clinton and pro-democracy opposition leader Suu Kyi pose prior to dinner.
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Clinton and Suu Kyi talk prior to dinner.
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Clinton tours the Shwedagon Pagoda with a guide in Yangon. Clinton offered Myanmar the first rewards for reform on Thursday, saying the US would back more aid for the reclusive country and consider returning an ambassador after an absence of some two decades.
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Clinton places flowers in front of a statue of Buddha as she tours the Shwedegon Pagoda in Yangon.
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Clinton pours water over a statue of Buddha at the Shwedegon Pagoda in Yangon.
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Clinton visits the Shwedegon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar. Clinton is the first state secretary to visit Myanmar, previously known as Burma, in 50 years.
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Clinton visits the Shwedegon Pagoda, a Buddhist temple and one of Yangon’s landmarks.
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Clinton rings a bell on her tour at the Shwedegon Pagoda Buddhist temple in Yangon.
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Myanmar Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin, right, meets with Clinton at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.
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Clinton meets with Thura Shwe Mann, speaker of the Lower House of Myanmar Parliament, at the Parliamentary Compound in Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s administrative capital.
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Myanmar’s President Thein Sein, meets with Clinton at the President’s Office in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.
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Myanmar President Thein Sein shakes hands with Clinton at the President’s Office in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.
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Myanmar President Thein Sein, second right, and his wife, Khin Khin Win, third left, talk with Clinton between meetings at the President’s Office in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.
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Myanmar President Thein Sein walks alongside Clinton between meetings at the President’s Office in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.
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Myanmar President Thein Sein, right, checks his watch alongside his wife, Khin Khin Win, left, and Clinton between meetings at the President’s Office in Naypyidaw.
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Clinton greets members of the Upper House of Myanmar Parliament during a meeting at the Parliamentary Compound in Naypyidaw. Clinton began her first substantive talks with Myanmar’s new leaders on Thursday in a meeting Washington hopes will embolden reformers in the reclusive country where entrenched military interests still loom large.
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Clinton greets members of the Upper House of Myanmar Parliament during a meeting at the Parliamentary Compound in Naypyidaw.
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A policeman blocks traffic as Clinton’s motorcade drives to the President’s Office for a meeting with Myanmar’s President Thein Sein in Naypyidaw.
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Clinton waves alongside Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister Myo Myint, left, upon her arrival at Naypyidaw.
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Clinton arrives at the Naypyidaw Airport for her first official visit to Myanmar. Clinton is the first US Secretary of State to visit the country in more than 50 years.
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