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02/09/12 Bahrain must do more to heal rifts after unrest: US Source: AlertNet Bahrain has taken "important steps" towards reform, but needs to do more to heal the rifts left after it crushed a pro-democracy uprising last year, a senior U.S. official said during a visit to the Gulf state on Thursday.
02/03/12 US Urges Monitoring of Burma By-elections Source: The Irrawaddy - Thailand The United States has urged Burma to allow local and international monitors at April 1 by-elections, seen as an important step in the country's democratic transition.
02/03/12 âThe process is neither smooth nor linear' Source: Mizzima Establishing peace in ethnic areas will be the most difficult challenge looking ahead in Burmese politics, a high U.S. human rights official said on Tuesday.
02/02/12 US decries 'worsened' Myanmar violence Source: The Straits Times - Singapore The United States on Thursday urged Myanmar to address what it called worsening ethnic violence and to accept international monitors to ensure the fairness of closely watched upcoming by-elections.
01/26/12 State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, January... Source: eNews Park Forest - Park Forest IL We've been late all week, so we're going to have to pull that â pull up our socks here.