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Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has told an ecstatic crowd of Burma migrants in Thailand she would do all she could to help them, on the first stop of her first trip abroad in 24 years.
Burma has freed dozens of political prisoners, including one of its most famous comedians, in the latest apparent sign of change in the authoritarian state after decades of repression.
Burma's capital Naypyidaw is a city that's waiting on the future to happen, writes SBS Senior Correspondent, Brian Thomson.
An activist group says the forthcoming visit to Australia by the Burmese President sends the wrong message.
The Federal Government is being urged to raise human rights issues during a visit next week by Burma's President Thein Sein.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Burma next month to find out whether the military-backed leadership is committed to both political and economic reform.
Burma is ruled by a military junta which suppresses all dissent despite international condemnation.
Burma democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party is expected to announce its return to the official political arena after years of marginalisation by ruling generals.
Australia Friday said it will send a five-person delegation to observe by-elections in Burma next month, a poll seen as a major test of the country's reform credentials.
Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has hailed a "new era" for Burma and called for political unity after her party swept to victory in elections. Meanwhile, Burma's foreign minister has told ASEAN diplomats the vote had gone "smoothly".
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