** FILE ** In this Nov. 7, 2012 photo, President Obama speaks at his election night party, in Chicago. Fresh from his re-election, Mr. Obama will embark on a trip to Southeast Asia and become the first U.S. president to visit Cambodia as well as the once pariah nation of Myanmar. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Pagodas in Kyaukmyaung, east of Shwebo, Myanmar, are seen destroyed after a strong earthquake on Nov. 11, 2012. The magnitude-6.8 quake struck northern Myanmar, collapsing a bridge and a gold mine, damaging several old Buddhist pagodas and leaving as many as 12 people feared dead. (Associated Press/Weekly Eleven News)
Pagodas in Kyaukmyaung, east of Shwebo, Myanmar, are seen destroyed after a strong earthquake on Nov. 11, 2012. The magnitude-6.8 quake struck northern Myanmar, collapsing a bridge and a gold mine, damaging several old Buddhist pagodas and leaving as many as 12 people feared dead. (Associated Press/Weekly Eleven News)
**FILE** Attendees at the Retreat Session of the East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 19, 2011, include (from left) U.S. President Barack Obama, Myanmar President Thein Sein (rear), Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Vietnamese President Nguyen Tan Dung, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. (Associated Press)
Refugees gather at the Thechaung camp set up for Rohingya Muslims who took refuge there after a previous wave of violence in June. Human rights groups say Myanmar’s failure to address the root causes of the crisis means the situation may get worse. (Associated Press)
Muslim refugees arrive by boat in Thae Chaung, in western Myanmar, on Sunday. They walked to the nearby Thechaung camp, a place that’s home to thousands of refugees. (Associated Press)
A Rakhine refugee lies on a bed Oct. 26, 2012, under medical treatment at Sittwe hospital in Sittwe, Rakhine State in western Myanmar. The death toll from recent ethnic violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine has surpassed 100, an official said Friday, as the government warned that the strife risks harming the country's reputation as it seeks to install democratic rule. (Associated Press)
A Rakhine refugee lies on a bed Oct. 26, 2012, under medical treatment at Sittwe hospital in Sittwe, Rakhine State in western Myanmar. The death toll from recent ethnic violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine has surpassed 100, an official said Friday, as the government warned that the strife risks harming the country's reputation as it seeks to install democratic rule. (Associated Press)
Myanmar Buddhist monks hold banners and placards during a rally against recent violence in Rakhine state, outside the city hall in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Nearly 200 protesters including Buddhist monks called for the stop of renewed violence in western coast of Myanmar. (AP Photo)
