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Barack Obama has called on Myanmar’s military rulers to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

In Singapore on Saturday, Obama became the first US president ever to attend a meeting of the Association of South East Asian Nations, or ASEAN.

That meeting was also attended by Myanmar’s prime minister, General Thein Sein.

Although the two men did not speak directly, as Al Jazeera’s Veroinca Pedrosa reports, the fact they were in the same room signals a major shift in US engagement with Myanmar.

An Al Jazeera exclusive on the threats of disease and hunger facing post-cylcone Myanmar as the ruling generals defy international pressure and continue to reject outside help.

Al Jazerea’s correspondent in Myanmar reports from devastated town of Bogolay, where locals say the death toll from Cyclone Nargis could reach above 70,000.

We look at how the rluing junta is handling the country’s worst natural disaster.

We look at how the ruling junta is handling the country’s worst natural disaster.