In Cairo in 2009 Lexington met a pro-reform academic, Nader Fergany, still seething six years on.

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Obama then met pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the lakeside home where she spent years under house arrest.

BBC: US President Obama hails Burma's 'remarkable journey'

He met on Friday with officials in Lebanon, less than a week after a pro-Western coalition made strides against a Hezbollah-led bloc in parliamentary elections.

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