Burma:
Battle for Democracy
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| Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party won a majority of seats in a recent by-election |
The United
States has announced that it will ease some sanctions against Burma.
Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton said some travel and financial restrictions would be
relaxed, with Burmese leaders allowed to visit the US.
European
Union leaders had said earlier on Wednesday that they may lift some sanctions.
The news
follows by-elections in Burma on Sunday in which an opposition party headed by
pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi took the majority of the seats.
The
National League for Democracy took 40 out of 45 seats in the polls, which were
generally deemed to be free and fair.
In response
to Burma's democratic reforms, Ms Clinton said the US would take steps to open
an office of the Agency for International Development in the country and send a
full ambassador.
At a summit
of the regional Asean grouping on Wednesday, Asian leaders called for all
sanctions against Burma to be lifted immediately to help the country's
political and economic development.
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