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International literary festival opens in Myanmar

By ERIKA KINETZ - Associated Press

International literary festival opens in Myanmar

By ERIKA KINETZ - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

ZIA: The thankless role in saving democracy in Bangladesh

By Begum Khaleda Zia

Andy Brockman project archaeologist of the attempt to dig up and recover a number of British World War II Spitfire Mark XIV fighter planes, buried in Myanmar at the end of the WWII, as they speak to members of the media during a briefing on how they intend to discover the aircraft, at a hotel near London's Heathrow Airport on Jan. 4, 2013. The iconic Battle of Britain Spitfires according to records were crated, stored and then buried rather than ship them back to Britain, at various locations around Myanmar as British forces left the country following the defeat of Japan at the end of WWII. The group leave to Myanmar on Jan 5. (Associated Press)

Excavators head to Myanmar to find WWII Spitfires

Associated Press

Nurses, who are also midwives, gather at a village health room for a briefing given by a UNICEF child-nutrition specialist in Zee Phyu Kwin, in the Irrawaddy Delta of Myanmar. Myanmar spent less than $1 per person on health in 2008, minus donor money, and ranks among the lowest countries in nearly every category of health care funding. Now, with the dramatic change that has given Myanmar an elected government, there are hopes for improvement. (Associated Press)

Nursing Myanmar back to health

By Margie Mason - Associated Press

Members of a Myanmar Fire Brigade team gather near a damaged Air Bagan jetliner in Heho, Myanmar, on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. The aircraft, packed with Christmas tourists, crash-landed into a rice paddy; two people were killed and 11 injured, officials said. (AP Photo)

Survivor tells of terrifying crash landing in Myanmar; 2 dead

By Yadana Htun - Associated Press

A North Korean Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launching station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)

North Korea may see few buyers despite rocket success

By Matthew Pennington and Sam Kim - Associated Press

Jason Mraz tops Myanmar anti-trafficking concert

By YADANA HTUN - Associated Press

Jason Mraz tops Myanmar anti-trafficking concert

By YADANA HTUN - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Nov. 10, 2012, Muslims distribute items to refugees at Sin Thet Maw relief camp in Pauktaw township, Rakhine state, western Myanmar. Myanmar’s government has launched a major operation aimed at verifying the citizenship of Muslims in western Rakhine state, the coastal territory that has been torn apart by Buddhist-Muslim violence since June. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Myanmar verifying Muslim citizenship

By Todd Pitman - Associated Press

In this early Nov. 29, 2012, photo provided by a monk, flames are seen at the gate of Chinese mining partner Wan Bao where protesters camped before the police crackdown in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar. (AP Photo)

Myanmar cracks down on mine protest; dozens hurt

By Yadana Htun - Associated Press

U.S. President Barack Obama and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi shake hands after speaking to the media at her residence in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Obama who touched down Monday morning, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the Asian nation also known as Burma, said his historic visit to Myanmar marks the next step in a new chapter between the two countries. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Myanmar opening no gold rush for U.S. firms

By Erika Kinetz - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Nov. 19, 2012, photo, President Barack Obama "douses 11 flames" as he tours the Shwedagon Pagoda with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Yangon, Myanmar. Little noticed during Obama's landmark visit to Myanmar was a significant concession that could shed light on whether that nation's powerful military pursued a clandestine nuclear weapons program, possibly with North Korea's help. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Myanmar says it’s ready to sign nuclear agreement

By Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

Inside Politics: Myanmar grants nuclear concession

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

U.S. President Barack Obama and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi shake hands after speaking to the media at her residence in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Obama who touched down Monday morning, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the Asian nation also known as Burma, said his historic visit to Myanmar marks the next step in a new chapter between the two countries. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

PRUDEN: The ill wind blowing past Benghazi

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Illustration: Burma

FRANKS: Obama must use Burma visit to push for reform

By Rep. Trent Franks

President Obama (fourth from left) waves as he stands with ASEAN leaders for a group photo during the ASEAN-U.S. leaders' meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 19, 2012. They are (from left) Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Obama, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong. (Associated Press)

Obama presses Cambodian rights

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

President Obama toasts with Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen at the East Asia Summit Dinner during the East Asia Summit at the Diamond Island Convention Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 19, 2012. (Associated Press)

Diplomatic Obama uses both names on historic Burma stop

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi shake hands after speaking to the media at her residence in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Obama who touched down Monday morning, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the Asian nation also known as Burma, said his historic visit to Myanmar marks the next step in a new chapter between the two countries. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama in Cambodia after rousing Myanmar welcome

By Jim Kuhnhenn and Julie Pace - Associated Press

in this photo released by Thailand's Royal Household Bureau, U.S. President Barack Obama, left, talks with Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, right, at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Royal Household Bureau)

Obama: Historic Myanmar visit is sign of progress

By Julie Pace - Associated Press