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Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi’s Party Seeks Talks with West on Sanctions

Burma's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is calling for Western countries to end sanctions against the country's military regime. She says the sanctions have hurt ordinary Burmese, as about a third of the country's 50 million people live below the poverty line. Burma's National League for Democracy's party says it wants to talk with Western nations about cutting back sanctions against the military ruled state.

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