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Posted: 5/18/2013 10:43:19 AM EST
In this March 20, 2013 photo, Zaw Zaw holds a report related to one of his businesses in his office in Yangon, Myanmar. Zaw Zaw's Max Myanmar Group is one of the country's largest conglomerates, with interests ranging from construction and hotels to gas stations and cement. He is listed on the U.S. Treasury Department's Specially Designated Nationals list which restricts Americans from doing business with those named in it. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 5/18/2013 10:43:19 AM EST
In this March 20, 2013 photo, Zaw Zaw, foreground, walks down a hall in his office building accompanied by an assistant in Yangon, Myanmar. The Singapore Stock Exchange recently rejected an attempt by Zaw Zaw, the blacklisted chairman of the Max Myanmar Group to list one of his subsidiaries. The exchange’s top concern was Zaw Zaw's presence on a U.S. sanctions list and the "lack of clarity" as to why he was placed there, according to a filing with the exchange by the company that would have been his partner in the deal. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 5/18/2013 9:24:32 AM EST
In this March 20, 2013 photo, Zaw Zaw holds a report related to his business in his office in Yangon, Myanmar. Zaw Zaw's Max Myanmar Group is one of the country's largest conglomerates, with interests ranging from construction and hotels to gas stations and cement. He is listed on the U.S. Treasury Department's Specially Designated Nationals list which restricts Americans from doing business with those named in it. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 5/18/2013 9:24:32 AM EST
In this March 20, 2013 photo, Zaw Zaw, foreground, walks down a hall in his office building accompanied by an assistant in Yangon, Myanmar. The Singapore Stock Exchange recently rejected an attempt by Zaw Zaw, the blacklisted chairman of the Max Myanmar Group to list one of his subsidiaries. The group is one of Myanmar’s largest conglomerates, with interests ranging from construction and hotels to gas stations and cement. The exchange’s top concern was Zaw Zaw's presence on a U.S. sanctions list and the "lack of clarity" as to why he was placed there, according to a filing with the exchange by the company that would have been his partner in the deal. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 5/18/2013 3:40:11 AM EST
FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama, left, stands next to Myanmar President Thein Sein during a group photo session at the East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. Thein Sein’s historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That’s been based on a principle of taking “action for action” by deepening ties in response to democratic reforms. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 7:27:39 AM EST
Myanmar political prisoners who were released from Insein prison walk away from the facility Friday, May 17, 2013 in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar’s President Thein Sein pardoned political prisoners Friday, just ahead of a state visit to the United States, maintaining the momentum of warming ties between the countries. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 7:27:39 AM EST
Myanmar political prisoners who were released from Insein prison stand outside the gate of the facility Friday, May 17, 2013 in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar’s President Thein Sein pardoned political prisoners Friday, just ahead of a state visit to the United States, maintaining the momentum of warming ties between the countries. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 7:27:39 AM EST
Myanmar political prisoners who were released from Insein prison walk away from the facility Friday, May 17, 2013 in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar’s President Thein Sein pardoned political prisoners Friday, just ahead of a state visit to the United States, maintaining the momentum of warming ties between the countries. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 3:12:01 AM EST
Bangladeshis shift a fishing boat from the Bay of Bengal coast anticipating Cyclone Mahasen in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Thursday, May 16, 2013. Cyclone Mahasan weakened Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm with at least 18 deaths reported in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, but officials had prepared for a far greater storm. Bangladesh evacuated 1 million people from coastal areas and the United Nations warned that 8.2 million people could face life-threatening conditions. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 3:12:01 AM EST
Bangladeshis stand by the Bay of Bengal coast before the tropical cyclone Mahasen made landfall in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Thursday, May 16, 2013. Cyclone Mahasan weakened Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm with at least 18 deaths reported in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, but officials had prepared for a far greater storm. Bangladesh evacuated 1 million people from coastal areas and the United Nations warned that 8.2 million people could face life-threatening conditions. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 3:12:01 AM EST
A Bangladeshi infant rests as a woman looks out a window of a cyclone shelter center before Cyclone Mahasen made landfall in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Thursday, May 16, 2013. The cyclone weakened Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm with at least 18 deaths reported in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, but officials had prepared for a far greater storm. Bangladesh evacuated 1 million people from coastal areas and the United Nations warned that 8.2 million people could face life-threatening conditions. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
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Posted: 5/16/2013 12:10:44 PM EST
AP10ThingsToSee - An internally displaced Rohingya man pushes a rickshaw with children and belongings leaving a camp for displaced Rohingya people in Sittwe, northwestern Rakhine State, Myanmar on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Members of the displaced Rohingya minority started to evacuate for safer shelters ahead of the arrival of Cyclone Mahasen. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 11:45:32 PM EST
Bangladeshi children play on the banks of the Bay of Bengal sea in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. People living in coastal areas in Bangladesh and Myanmar are being evacuated as tropical cyclone Mahasen appears to make landfall late Thursday or early Friday, according to news reports. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 11:45:32 PM EST
Bangladeshis take shelter at a cyclone shelter centre, ahead of the coming of tropical cyclone Mahasen, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. People living in coastal areas in Bangladesh and Myanmar are being evacuated as cyclone Mahasen appears to make landfall late Thursday or early Friday, according to news reports. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 11:45:32 PM EST
Internally displaced Rohingya women who took refuge in a building belonging to a mosque cooks a meal in Sittwe, northwestern Rakhine State, Myanmar, ahead of the arrival of Cyclone Mahasen, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. A massive evacuation to clear low-lying camps ahead of a cyclone has run into a potentially deadly snag as members of the displaced Rohingya minority living there have refused to leave because they don't trust Myanmar authorities. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 11:45:32 PM EST
A woman carries a baby outside the makeshift tented village refugee camp in Sittwe, western Myanmar, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. A mass evacuation is taking place to clear low-lying camps in coastal areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar as the approaching cyclone Mahasen is predicted to make landfall late Thursday or early Friday, according to news reports. The mass evacuation has run into a problem as members of the displaced Rohingya minority have refused to leave because they don't trust Myanmar authorities.(AP Photo)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 11:45:32 PM EST
Boys look out from their shelter at a refugee camp in Sittwe, western Myanmar, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. A mass evacuation is taking place to clear low-lying camps in coastal areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar as the approaching cyclone Mahasen is predicted to make landfall late Thursday or early Friday, according to news reports. The mass evacuation has run into a problem as members of the displaced Rohingya minority have refused to leave because they don't trust Myanmar authorities. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 11:45:32 PM EST
Men carry rice sacks as others look on, at a refugee camp in Sittwe, western Myanmar, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. A mass evacuation is taking place to clear low-lying camps in coastal areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar as cyclone Mahasen is predicted to make landfall late Thursday or early Friday, according to news reports. The mass evacuation has run into a problem as members of the displaced Rohingya minority have refused to leave because they don't trust Myanmar authorities. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 9:16:52 PM EST
Bangladeshis carry their belongings and leash precious animals as they walk towards a cyclone shelter centre, ahead of the coming of tropical cyclone Mahasen, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. People living in coastal areas in Bangladesh and Myanmar are being evacuated as cyclone Mahasen is predicted to make landfall late Thursday or early Friday, according to news reports. (AP Photo/Anurup Titu)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 9:11:00 PM EST
An internally displaced Rohingya woman carries water at a camp for displaced Rohingya in Sittwe, northwestern Rakhine State, Myanmar, ahead of the arrival of Cyclone Mahasen, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. A massive evacuation to clear low-lying camps ahead of the cyclone has run into a potentially deadly snag as members of the displaced Rohingya minority living there have refused to leave because they don't trust Myanmar authorities. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
