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    A spokesman for Ms Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, Nyan Win, said: "Mr Campbell's visit is the beginning of new US engagement policy toward [Burma]. This is the first step of the engagement, but we have to see what comes out of the new engagement policy." Ms Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been detained for 14 of the past 20 years. Full Article at Sydney Morning Herald
    Mr Campbell's visit is the beginning of new US engagement policy toward [Burma]. This is the first step of the engagement, but we have to see what comes out of the new engagement policy.
    Nyan Win – Nyan Win SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 3 weeks ago

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