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U Thein Sein - President of Burma
An interview with the president of Burma, U Thein Sein. Burma is desperate to end its international isolation, but how far down the road to democracy is it prepared to travel?
An interview in New York City with the president of Burma, U Thein Sein, who has undergone a remarkable transformation from former stalwart of a military junta into the reformist leader of a nation desperate to end its international isolation. He has been in New York to make a historic address to the United Nations and to seek a new relationship with the United States. Burma's authoritarian rulers used to vilify the western media, but now they are ready to talk. How far down the road to democracy are they prepared to travel?
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Fri 5 Oct 2012
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