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UN convoy finally reaches northernmost Myanmar

A U.N.-led convoy of trucks in Myanmar has for the first time in nearly a year been allowed to deliver food and household supplies to areas beyond government control in the country's northernmost region.Full story

News Summary: Myanmar airline grounds planes

DOWN TIME: Myanmar's state airline will stop flying its Chinese-made MA60 planes following a second accident with the turboprop in less than a month. Full story

Myanmar minister backs two-child policy for Rohingya minority

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's Immigration Minister has expressed support for a controversial two-child limit on a Muslim minority group that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the United Nations call discriminatory and a violation of human rights. Full story

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News Summary: Coca-Cola opens Myanmar plant

How a Myanmar tycoon is profiting from change

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Buddhist mobs attack Muslim homes in Myanmar, one dead

Suu Kyi denounces two-child limit on Myanmar Rohingya families

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  New Front in Cola Wars

Coca-Cola has opened its first production plant in Myanmar, reports CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.

  Obama set to host leader from Burma at the White House

President Obama will become the first U.S. president in nearly 50 years to host a leader from Burma at the White House. He just may not mention the name “Burma.” Alex Wagner discusses the historic meeting and the meaning behind the names.

  Boat capsizes off Myanmar; 100 feared dead

Around 100 people trying to escape a storm are believed to have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Myanmar. NBCNews.com’s Dara Brown reports.

  Jockeying the changing line of journalism in Burma, the world

The NOW panel discusses the changing ways and means of journalism worldwide, and what it means that Burma is now jumping on the democratic media bandwagon, allowing privately owned news organizations for the first time since 1964.

  Aerials capture aftermath of Myanmar violence

Satellite images obtained by a human rights group show the extensive damage following recent sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

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Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at the National League for Democracy party headquarters to attend her 68th birthday ceremony in Yangon June 19, 2013. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS)

Supporters hold picture of Myanmar pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi as they celebrate at her 68th birthday ceremony in front of party headquarters of National Leage for Democracy in Yangon
Supporters hold picture of Myanmar pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi as they celebrate at her 68th birthday ceremony in front of party headquarters of National Leage for Democracy in Yangon

Supporters hold a picture of Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they celebrate at her 68th birthday ceremony in front of the party headquarters of National Leage for Democracy in Yangon June 19, 2013. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS)

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi waves to supporters as she leaves National League for Democracy party headquarters after attending her 68th birthday ceremony in Yangon
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi waves to supporters as she leaves National League for Democracy party headquarters after attending her 68th birthday ceremony in Yangon

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi waves to supporters as she leaves the National League for Democracy party headquarters after attending her 68th birthday ceremony in Yangon June 19, 2013. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS)