Us Senator Has Rare Visit With Myanmar’s Suu Kyi (ap)

In this Aug. 14, 2009 image taken from a video footage shot by MRTV via APTN, U.S. Senator Jim Webb, D-Va., center right, shakes hand with Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Days after the world slammed Myanmar for sentencing Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to more house arrest, U.S. Senator Webb arrived in the military-ruled country's capital Friday. (AP Photo/MRTV via APTN)AP – U.S. Sen. Jim Webb visited Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday, a rare meeting between a foreign official and the Nobel Peace laureate who was recently sentenced to 18 more months of house arrest, witnesses said.

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