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Eugene

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Wed Apr 4, 2012, 09:01 PM Apr 2012

US to ease sanctions against Burma

Source: BBC

4 April 2012 Last updated at 20:12 GMT

US to ease sanctions against Burma

The United States has announced that it will ease some sanctions against Burma.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said some travel and financial restrictions would be relaxed, with Burmese leaders allowed to visit the US.

European Union leaders had said earlier on Wednesday that they would consider taking similar steps.

The news follows by-elections in Burma on Sunday in which an opposition party headed by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi took the majority of the seats.

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