U.S. President Barack Obama praised Burma’s president on Monday for his leadership in pushing through political reforms, while warning that ethnic and communal violence targeting minority Muslims in Burma must stop.

Mr. Obama spoke Monday at the White House, alongside Burmese President Thein Sein, the former general who in 2011 became president after Burma’s first democratic polls in more than five decades.

The U.S. leader credited his counterpart for using his time in office to … [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Economy and Finance