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Obama opens landmark visit to Myanmar

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President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra meet at the Government House in Bangkok on Sunday.

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Launching a landmark visit to long shunned Myanmar, President Barack Obama said Monday he comes to “extend the hand of friendship” to a nation moving from persecution to peace. But his praise and personal attention came with an admonition to those in charge.