UN Envoy Urges Lifting of Burma Sanctions

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UN special adviser Vijay Nambiar (L) speaks during a news conference following his meeting with Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, at her home in Rangoon, Burma, February 16, 2012.
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