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Aung San Suu Kyi and Union Minister Aung Kyi walk out of Sane Lae Kan Thar State guesthouse in Rangoon after their fourth meeting under the new government on Sunday, October 30. Issues discussed included ethnic fighting, prisoner amnesty and economic issues. Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi and Union Minister Aung Kyi at a press conference at Sane Lae Kan Thar State guesthouse in Rangoon on October 30, 2011. In reconciliation talks, prisoner amnesty, ethnic fighting and economic issues were center stage. Photo Mizzima Onlookers watch farmers’ demonstrate for the right of land ownership in front of the Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development in Rangoon on Thursday, October 27, 2011. Photo: Mizzima After a short protest staged by farmers, security police converge on the area around the Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development in Rangoon on Thursday, October 27, 2011. Photo: Mizzima A key bridge on the road connecting Pakkokku with Mandalay in central Burma lies in ruins after heavy rains and flash floods swept through the region. The storms are being blamed for dozens of deaths. Photo: Mizzima. Burma's Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin, right, is welcomed by Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Wunna Maung Lwin is on a three-day visit  as a guest of the foreign ministry. Photo: AFP London school teacher Ben Hammond danced  his way through a five-day marathon to break the Guinness Book of World Records on Sunday, October 15, 2011. Hammond was inspired by a visit to a Burmese refugee camp in Thailand, and he decided to use dancing as a way to fund his charity, LearnBurma, which tries to link students in Britain with Burmese refugees. Photo: Andy Connolly The Kachin Development Network Group said surveyors were seen working in the Myitsone Dam project area on Thursday, October 11, 2011. The workers, on the right,  appeared to be conducting land surveys between Lahpye and Tawngban villages. This photo was taken looking upstream. The Irrawaddy-Myitsone bridge and a containment wall can be seen in the distance. Construction Site No.7 is directly across the road to the right. Photo: KDNG Ladies light oil lamps and set them adrift in Shwe Kyin in Pegu Region according to Burmese customs on Thursday, October 13, 2011, the first moon waning day of Thadingyut (according to the Burmese traditional calendar), a religious holiday. Photo: Mizzima As the evening sun sets, people gather in Shwe Kyin in Pegu Region to light oil lamps and set them adrift in observance of the first moon waning day of Thadingyut, a religious holiday, on Thursday, October 13, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, left, stands as Burmese President Thein Sein shakes hands with Indian President Prathibha Patil flanked by Burma's first lady Khin Khin Win during a full state welcome at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi on Friday, October 14, 2011. India rolled out the red carpet, sensing a chance to deepen relations with a neighbour traditionally allied to New Delhi's regional rival Beijing. Photo: AFP Burmese President Thein Sein, left, and first lady Daw Khin Khin Win, right, pay their respects at the Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Gaya District, Indian, on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. The Mahabodhi temple is famous for being the place where the Buddha obtained enlightenment. Thein Sein is on a four-day visit to India. Photos: AFP President Thein Sein and first lady Daw Khin Khin Win pay their respects at the Bhodi tree in the Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Gaya District in Indian on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Thein Sein is on a four-day visit to India. Photo: AFP Burmese President Thein Sein, center, is welcomed by Indian officials upon arrival at Gaya International Airport on October 12, 2011. His official visit to India offers New Delhi a chance to deepen its relations with a neighbour that has traditionally allied with India's regional rival China. Thein Sein will travel to two major Buddhist pilgrimage sites in eastern India before flying to New Delhi on Friday for the official leg of his state visit. Photo: AFP Prominent Burmese comedian and vocal government critic, Zarganar, left, is welcomed by supporters upon his arrival at Rangoon airport following his release from detention on Wednesday, October 12, 2011.  He was freed under a presidential amnesty granted to more than 6,000 prisoners. Hundreds of political prisoners may be included among those released.  More than 2,000 political prisoners, including pro-democracy campaigners, journalists, monks and lawyers, have long been a key concern of Western powers that have slapped economic sanctions on Burma. Photo: AFP A man waits in front of Obo Prison in Mandalay for prisoners to be released under a presidential amnesty on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Photo: Mizzima. A few family members gather in front of Obo Prison on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, in anticipation of family members being released under a presidential amnesty. Photo: Mizzima. Journalists and relatives of Burmese prisoners wait in front of Insein Prison in Rangoon on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, the first day of a presidential amnesty under President Thein Sein. Several hundred political prisoners are expected to be among the more than 6,300 prisoners released from across the country. Photo: Mizzima A large crowd gathers in front of Insein Prison in Rangoon, waiting for the release of prisoners on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, the second amnesty granted under the new Burmese government led by President Thein Sein. The amnesty, which reportedly will include several hundred political prisoners, follows a previous amnesty in May. Photo: Mizzima A man wears of free-political-prisoners T-shirt in a crowd waiting for the release of prisoners in front of Insein Prison in Rangoon on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. The prisoner amnesty is seen as a move toward national reconciliation by the military-dominated government of President Thein Sein. Photo: Mizzima Police in front of Insein Prison in Rangoon on Tuesday. State-run television announced that a total of 6,359 prisoners now being held across Burma will be released under a presidential amnesty on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with Deputy Foreign Minister of Norway Espen Barth Eide at her home in Rangoon on Saturday, October 8, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Rangoon Region Commander Brigadier General San Oo, third from right, and his wife, standing next to him, at a ceremony held on Wednesday, October 5, at the Traders Hotel in Rangoon to mark the 66th Anniversary of the Armed Forces Day of Indonesia. Since San Oo replaced Brigadier General Tun Than as Rangoon Region Commander, it was the first time San Oo was seen in the public. Photo: Mizzima Rangoon Region Commander Brigadier General San Oo, left, attends a ceremony held on Wednesday, October 5, at the Traders Hotel in Rangoon to mark the 66th Anniversary of the Armed Forces Day of Indonesia. Photo: Mizzima Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, left, toasts with Burmese President Thein Sein during a meeting held on her first visit to the military-dominated country since she took office in August. While Western nations have imposed sanctions on resource-rich Burma because of its poor human rights record, Asian neighbours such as Thailand, China and India have forged close economic ties, particularly in oil and gas. Photo: provided by Thai Government House Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, left, with Burma's President Thein Sein during a meeting on Wednesday. Photo: provided by Thai Government House The entrance of Thain Phyu Money Changer Center on Thain Phyu Road in Rangoon on Monday, October 1, 2011. The Central Bank of Myanmar [Burma]  authorized six banks: the Innwa Bank, Myawaddy Bank, Kanbawza Bank, Co-operative Bank, Myanmar Industrial Development Bank and Myanmar Oriental Bank to open foreign currency exchange counters on Saturday. Photo: Mizzima An employee inspects a US dollar at a foreign currency exchange counter in the Thain Phyu Money Changer Center in Rangoon on Saturday, October 1, 2011. On Saturday, the opening day, the number of foreign currency sellers was greater than the number of buyers because the buying price was higher than the rate on the unofficial market. Photo: Mizzima A security guard stands near a digital signboard displaying the currency exchange rates at Thain Phyu Money Changer Center in Rangoon on Saturday, October 1, 2011. Anyone with an identity card can buy or sell up to US$ 2,000, but anyone who wants to buy or sell more than US$ 2,000 must fill out a form stating a reason why they want to buy or sell foreign currency. Photo: Mizzima People who want to exchange foreign currency fill out forms at a foreign currency exchange counter in Thain Phyu Money Changer Center on Saturday, October 1, 2011. Anyone who has an identity card can buy or sell up to US$ 2,000, but people who want to buy or sell more than US$ 2,000 must complete a form stating a reason why they want to buy or sell foreign currency. Photo: Mizzima


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