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2012-11-19T13:10:01Z
Photograph by Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images
Ritual
While Myanmar said before Obama's visit that it granted amnesty to 452 prisoners, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch said an undetermined number of political prisoners remain behind bars. Authorities released 66 more prisoners on Nov. 16, according to a statement late yesterday from Thein Sein's office.
Left, U.S. President Barack Obama performs a ritual as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks on during a visit to the Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon.
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