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Burmese president Thein Sein greets Pamela Cox, the World Bank's vice president for the East Asia and Pacific region, at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw on Monday, July 30, 2012. It was the first visit by a World Bank senior official to the country since the new government took office in 2010. In the meeting, they discussed financial aid to Burma and development areas. Photo: President's office UN Human Rights Special Envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana, center, arrives at a hotel in Rangoon at the start of a seven day visit on Sunday, July 29, 2012. Quintana will visit the conflict-ridden Rakhine state and will meet with Burmese President Thein Sein. Photo: AFP Archers at the archer training field in Naypyitaw prepare for the 27th SEA Games in 2013. Photo: Mizzima/Myo That Farmers in Burma lie in front and behind a farm tractor in protest to land confiscation. Photo: Meiktila Public Affairs Network Farmers in Burma lie in front and behind a farm tractor in protest to land confiscation. Photo: Meiktila Public Affairs Network Military personnel raise the Burmese flag during the flag raising ceremony at the Olympic village in London on July 25, 2012, two days before the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Photo: AFP Burmese President Thein Sein visits Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) in Bangkok on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, prior to completing his official three-day visit to Thailand. He secured Thailand's cooperation in working to develop the huge Dawei deep-sea port and special economic zone project in southeast Burma. Photo: MJA Union Minister of Mines Thein Htaik delivers the keynote address to some 300 attendees at the 1st Official Myanmar Mining Summit at the Sedona Hotel in Rangoon on Monday, July 23, 2012. Photo: Mizzima Local and international delegates at the Myanmar Mining Summit in Rangoon. Proponents of early investment in the mining sector described Burma as a new frontier at the heart of the world's most vibrant economic region. Photo: Mizzima In Sittwe in Arakan State, residents put up Burmese flags in support of the President Thein Sein's anti-Rohingya policy. Thein Sein has proposed that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees resettle the Rohingya population in a third country or take responsibility for them. Photo: Mizzima Burmese flags flying in Sittwe, one of the cities in Arakan State where Rohingyas and Burmese have clashed in sectarian violence. Rohingyas are Muslims and Buddhism is the religion of the majority of Burmese. Photo: Mizzima Burmese President Thein Sein and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at Government House in Bangkok on Monday, July 23, 2012. The two heads of state will focus on economic cooperation in the construction of the Dawei deep-sea port and economic zone in southeast Burma. Photo: MJA Burmese President Thein Sein, seated right, visits Laem Chabang deep seaport in Chonburi Province in Thailand on Sunday, July 22, 2012, while on a three-day visit to Thailand to discuss economic development projects. Photo: MJA Burmese President Thein Sein arrives at Bangkok's Don Muang Airport  on Sunday, July 22, 2012, to start a three-day visit which is expected to focus on cooperation with Thailand in developing the Dawei deep-sea port and industrial zone. Photo: MJA Derek Mitchell, the first U.S. ambassador to Burma in 22 years, speaks to local and foreign media at the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon on Friday, July 20, 2012. He said that the U.S. has donated US$ 3 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization to buy 3,400 tons of food, which is enough for six months for 55,000 refugees in Kachin and northern Shan states. Photo: Mizzima Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi prays in honour of her late father, independence hero Gen. Aung San, during a ceremony to mark the country's 65th anniversary of Martyrs Day at the Martyrs Mausoleum in Rangoon on Friday, July 19, 2012. The memorial is a tribute to Aung San and several other independence leaders who were killed on July 19, 1947. Photo: AFP Vice president Sai Mauk Kham at a ceremony to mark the country's 65th anniversary of Martyrs Day at the Martyrs Mausoleum in Rangoon on Friday, July 19, 2012. Photo: President's office Burmese Ambassador to Thailand Tin Win at Wat Sai Moon Buddhist Monastery in Chiang Mai on Tuesday, July 17, 2012. The Burmese Buddhist Abbot Arthaba, 91, died on December 19, 2011. Thailand’s Department of Religion and Thai monks are preparing to replace U Arthaba with a Thai Buddhist monk, but the Burmese community objects to the plan. For many years, succession of Burmese abbots took place at the monastery. Tin Win said he would work to have a Burmese abbot appointed. Photo: Mizzima Wat Sai Moon Buddhist Monastery in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Photo: Mizzima Commerce Minister Win Myint and Rangoon Region Chief Minister Myint Swe at the opening of the Myanmar Rice Industry Association conference at the Myanmar Convention Center in Rangoon on Saturday July 14, 2012. Photo: Myo Thant / Mizzima Rangoon Region Chief Minister Myint Swe at the conference of Myanmar Rice Industry Association (MRIA) at the Myanmar Convention Center in Rangoon on Saturday, July 14, 2012. Myint Swe will be nominated as the new vice president. Photo: Myo Thant / Mizzima Commerce Minister Win Myint and Rangoon Region Chief Minister Myint Swe at the Myanmar Rice Industry Association conference at the Myanmar Convention Center on Saturday, July 14, 2012. Photo: Myo Thant / Mizzima Commerce Minister Win Myint speaks at the Myanmar Rice Industry Association’s conference  in Rangoon on Saturday, July 14, 2012. He told the confeence the ministry would allow people to import agricultural machinery and farm equipment freely. Photo: Myo Thant / Mizzima Rangoon Region Chief Minister Myint Swe  at the Myanmar Rice Industry Association conference in Rangoon on Saturday, July 14, 2012. Photo: Myo Thant / Mizzima Myanmar Rice Industry Association chairman Chit Khaing at the conference in Rangoon on Saturday, July 14, 2012. Photo: Myo Thant / Mizzima Burmese President Thein Sein speaks during the US-Asean business forum and dinner in Siem Reap last week. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Thein Sein for landmark discussions days after Washington eased its sanctions on Burma. Photo: President's Office U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shakes hands with Burmese President Thein Sein before a meeting in Siem Reap on Friday, July 13, 2012. Clinton met Thein Sein for talks days after Washington eased its sanctions against Burma on Wednesday. Photo: AFP António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, the U.N.  High Commissioner for Refugees, speaks at a press conference in Rangoon on Thursday, July 12, 2012. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, the U.N.  High Commissioner for Refugees, speaks at a press conference in Rangoon on Thursday, July 12, 2012. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima Burmese President Thein Sein and Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, right, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw on Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Photo: President's Office The newly accredited U.S. Ambassador to Burma Derek Mitchell presents his letter of credence to Burmese President Thein Sein at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw on Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Mitchell is the first U.S. ambassador to Burma in 22 years, a sign of normalized diplomatic relations between the two countries. Photo: President Office Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres,  left, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, greets Thura Shwe Mann, the speaker of Burma's Lower House of Parliament in Naypyidaw on Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Photo: AFP Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) foreign ministers and Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsawan join hands for a group photo during the 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Photo: Asean Celebrated actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Jackie Chan speaks at a press conference held at the Sedona Hotel in Rangoon on Saturday, July 7. Chan was in Burma to campaign against child trafficking. He met Burmese officials and also traveled to Mandalay to speak with children and officials. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Jackie Chan speaks to the press in Rangoon on Saturday, July 7, 2012. The action movie star said, “Trafficking and exploiting children are horrific crimes. They leave lifelong scars and rob children of their childhoods.” Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima Prominent 88-Generation Student Group leaders on Saturday mark the 50th anniversary of the destruction of Rangoon Student Union building, which was attacked and dynamited by General Ne Win’s government on July 7, 1962. 88-generation student leaders Zaw Zaw Min, Htay Kywe, Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi and Ko Ko Gyi and members of All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) attended the ceremony. ABFSU leaders D Nyein Lin, Sithu Maung, Phyo Phyo Aung and Ye Myint Hein were arrested on July 6, but they were released the next day after protests by human rights groups. Photo: Myo Thant / Mizzima 88-Generation leader Min Ko Naing speaks at the commemoration to mark the anniversary of the destruction of the Rangoon University Student Union building in 1962, in which many students were killed. Photo: Myo Thant / Mizzima 88-Generation Student leader Ko Ko Gyi speaks to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of students at Rangoon University during demonstrations that saw the dynamiting of the Student Union building in 1962. Photo: Myo Thant / Mizzima 88-Geneation leader Htay Kywe speaks on Saturday, July 7, 2012, at the commemoration to mark the 50th anniversary of the destruction of the Rangoon University Student Union building. Photo: Myo Thant / Mizzima UNICEF Burma Representative Ramesh Shrestha welcomes movie star Jackie Chan at the Mandalay International Airport on Thursday, July 5, 2012, before he meets with officials and children on a three-day tour to combat child trafficking. Photo: UNICEF Jackie Chan is in Burma as a UNICEF ambassador for a 3-day mission to help raise awareness on child trafficking. He  will also visit with government officials in Naypyitaw, the capital. Photo: UNICEF Jackie Chan, standing center, with UNICEF staff members in Mandalay on Thursday, July 5, 2012.  Burma has made important changes during the past year, in association with the International Labour Organization, to combat human trafficking. Photo: UNICEF Members of the Burmese Parliament attend the opening of the Lower House session in Naypyitaw on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. The issue of sectarian unrest in Rakhine State is expected to be raised and discussed. Photo: AFP Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to the media during a press conference at the National League for Democracy Party headquarters in Rangoon on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, following the decision to postpone her debut in the country's Parliament this week to give herself time to recover from a gruelling European tour. Photo: AFP Hundreds of supporters crowd around Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, upon her arrival at Yangon International Airport on Saturday, June 30, 2012, after her five-nation European tour. Photo: AFP



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