to sit in on the meetings, which included a senior leader of Myanmar ? part of a shift in U.S. policy away from isolating the repressive Myanmar military government. Afterward

WASHINGTON -U.S. officials on Monday reported that a huge 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean and issued a regional tsunami watch for India, Myanmar

is reported to be 20.6 miles deep. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said Monday that a regional tsunami watch is in place for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh

media reported Sunday that the ship was sailing toward Myanmar via Singapore. The Obama administration has said it's prepared to confront ships believed to be carrying

's Satria Muda BritAma and the Philippine Patriots will be played in Jakarta on Oct. 10. ASEAN's other members include Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.

." She also wrote that Ban and the United Nations were "notable by their absence" in many of the crises facing the world, such as in Myanmar, formerly called Burma. Last week

rescues in North Korea and Myanmar can also complicate U.S. diplomacy. The release Sunday of an American man from Myanmar after a visit there by Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia follows

somewhat more optimistic message about another trouble spot on the U.S. foreign policy agenda: Myanmar, the military-run southeast Asian nation also known as Burma. She praised

-Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of Myanmar's independence hero, Gen. Aung San, who was assassinated when she was 2 years old, but she fell into politics

in disputed waters, also claimed by India and Myanmar, in the Bay of Bengal. "We will not allow them to work in the disputed waters," he told The Associated Press by phone

BANGKOK -Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi may agree to Washington easing sanctions against the military government, a U.S. senator said Monday after securing the release

somewhat more optimistic message about another trouble spot on the U.S. foreign policy agenda: Myanmar, the military-run southeast Asian nation also known as Burma. She praised