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Evidence continues to surface suggesting Myanmar’s possible interest in launching a covert nuclear power program with potential North Korean assistance.

May 9th (Reuters) - A senior US diplomat said on Sunday the United States was concerned by Burma’s preparations for a long-awaited election but would continue its attempts at deeper engagement with the country’s military rulers.

April 15th (BBC News) - Three explosions in Burma's former capital city, Rangoon, have killed at least nine people, reports say.

November 3, 2009 (Reuters) - A delegation of senior U.S. officials, pursuing a new dialogue, met with Myanmar's military rulers on Tuesday in the highest-level talks with the reclusive junta in 14 years.

October 24, 2009 (AFP) - Asian nations discussed plans at a major summit Saturday to "lead the world" by boosting economic and political cooperation and possibly forming an EU-style community.

October 9, 2009 (AFP) - Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was granted a rare meeting Friday with top Western diplomats to discuss sanctions imposed on the military-ruled nation.

Washington’s recent sea change in its Burma policy continues what is fast becoming a new trend: an American foreign policy that stresses the practical over the ideological.

September 23, 2009 (Al Jazeera) - The United States has signalled a sharp shift in its policy towards Myanmar.

Warming Burma-North Korean relations raise an uncomfortable question for the Obama administration: Is America running out of foreign policy levers?

July 21, 2009 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed concerns Tuesday about possible military cooperation between Myanmar and nuclear-armed North Korea, warning that it could destabilise the region.