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US senator Webb gives election backing
Jan 6, 2010 (DVB), US senator Jim Webb, the only senior-level US official to have met Burmese junta chief Than Shwe, has said that he supports the junta's controversial planned[…]
US senator to chair Burma policy talks
Sept 11, 2009 (DVB), The United States senator who met with Burma's ruling generals in August and secured the release of John Yettaw is to chair a discussion on US[…]
US pressured on Burma policy review
Sept 10, 2009 (DVB), A leading human rights watchdog has said that new United States policy to Burma should take a three-pronged approach and must be implemented soon. An open[…]
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Webb’s pragmatism is long overdue
Francis WadeAug 31, 2009 (DVB), The Burma sanctions debate is where progress could triumph over stalemate, but it is also where the two competing ideologies which dominate international policy to[…]
Webb’s pragmatism is long overdue
Francis WadeAug 31, 2009 (DVB), The Burma sanctions debate is where progress could triumph over stalemate, but it is also where the two competing ideologies which dominate international policy to[…]
Burma hails ‘successful’ US senator visit
Aug 18, 2009 (DVB), Burma's state-run media today called the recent visit by US senator Jim Webb, who secured the release of John Yettaw, a success and a demonstration of[…]
Concerns arise over US senator’s Burma visit
Aug 13, 2009 (DVB), The looming visit of a US senator to Burma has attracted concern from various opposition groups that it could be used as a propaganda coup by[…]
