Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, right, is welcomed by junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe, center, and Vice-Senior Gen. Maung Aye, left, on his arrival at Nay Pyi Taw Airport, Myanmar, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Sein returned home after attending U.N. 64th General Assembly. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, right, is welcomed by junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe, center, and Vice-Senior Gen. Maung Aye, left, on his arrival at Nay Pyi Taw Airport, Myanmar, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Sein returned home after attending U.N. 64th General Assembly.

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  1. Sri Lankan traditional dancers perform to welcome Myanmar leader Than Shwe to the Buddhist Tooth Relic temple in Kandy on November 13, 2009. The general said he was 'thrilled' to be in Sri Lanka where he was given a 21-gun salute and an elaborate red-carpet welcome at the start of his four-day state visit.
  2. Sri Lankan traditional dancers and an elephant perform to welcome Myanmar leader Than Shwe to the Buddhist Tooth Relic temple in Kandy on November 13, 2009. The general said he was 'thrilled' to be in Sri Lanka where he was given a 21-gun salute and an elaborate red-carpet welcome at the start of his four-day state visit.
  3. Myanmar leader Than Shwe hands a Buddhist statue to Sacred Tooth Relic Chief Custodian Pradeep Nilanga Dela at the Buddhist Tooth Relic temple in Kandy on November 13, 2009. The general said he was 'thrilled' to be in Sri Lanka where he was given a 21-gun salute and an elaborate red-carpet welcome at the start of his four-day state visit.
  4. Myanmar leader Than Shwe and his wife hand over a Buddhist statue to Sacred Tooth Relic Chief Custodian Pradeep Nilanga Dela at the Buddhist Tooth Relic temple in Kandy on November 13, 2009. The general said he was 'thrilled' to be in Sri Lanka where he was given a 21-gun salute and an elaborate red-carpet welcome at the start of his four-day state visit.
  5. Myanmar leader Than Shwe (C) and his wife (R) visit the Buddhist Tooth Relic temple in Kandy on November 12, 2009. The general said he was 'thrilled' to be in Sri Lanka where he was given a 21-gun salute and an elaborate red-carpet welcome at the start of his four-day state visit.
  6. Myanmar leader Than Shwe prays at the Buddhist Tooth Relic temple in Kandy on November 132, 2009. The general said he was 'thrilled' to be in Sri Lanka where he was given a 21-gun salute and an elaborate red-carpet welcome at the start of his four-day state visit.
  7. Members of the ASAEN 10 link hands for a group photo, from left to right, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, U.S. President Barack Obama, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphvanh, in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.
  8. (L/R) Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong .shake hands during the group photograph at the ASEAN-US leaders meeting in Singapore on November 15, 2009, on the sidelines of The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. US President Barack Obama held an unprecedented group summit with Southeast Asian leaders, including the prime minister of regional pariah Myanmar. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Obama and his colleagues from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that he wanted 'to welcome all of you to the first ASEAN-US leaders' meeting'.
  9. Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein (R) takes part in the ASEAN-US leaders meeting at a hotel in Singapore November 15, 2009, on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit. US President Barack Obama held an unprecedented group summit with Southeast Asian leaders, including the prime minister of regional pariah Myanmar. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Obama and his colleagues from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that he wanted 'to welcome all of you to the first ASEAN-US leaders' meeting'.
  10. Members of the ASEAN 10 stand for a group photo, from left to right, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, U.S. President Barack Obama, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphvanh, in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.
  11. U.S. President Barack Obama (C) waits as ASEAN Leaders take their place for a family photo before their ASEAN-US meeting in Singapore November 15, 2009. Pictured (L-R) are: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Myanmar's Prime Minister Thein Sein and Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
  12. (L/R) Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, US President Barack Obama,Thailand's Prime Minister Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet , Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen , Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and Lao's Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh. shake hands during the group photograph at the ASEAN-US leaders meeting in Singapore on November 15, 2009, on the sidelines of The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. US President Barack Obama held an unprecedented group summit with Southeast Asian leaders, including the prime minister of regional pariah Myanmar. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Obama and his colleagues from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that he wanted 'to welcome all of you to the first ASEAN-US leaders' meeting'.
  13. Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah (R) shakes hands with United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon (C) as United Nation's special envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide (L, background) looks on prior to a meeting in Kabul on November 2, 2009. UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into Kabul on November 2 to meet President Hamid Karzai over the Afghan election crisis with organisers to announce whether or not to scrap the poll after the only challenger pulled out. The surprise visit from Ban accompanied a diplomatic push to ensure the November 7 one-horse race does not take place, despite the initial insistence from some officials that it is too late to halt the process.
  14. Palestinian and UN vehicles take a flooded street following heavy rains in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on October 29, 2009. Hamas said it will ban the organisation of elections in its Gaza Strip stronghold after president Mahmud Abbas called for a vote in the Palestinian territories.
  15. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (2ndL), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR), Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier (R) and Secretary General of the French Delegates for the 64th Session of the General Assembly Philippe Thiebaud (L), at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.
  16. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (2ndL) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (L), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR) and Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.

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