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Hague calls for reform on historic Myanmar visit

 By Hla Hla Htay British Foreign Secretary William Hague holds talks with Myanmar Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin in  the capital Naypyitaw January 5, 2012. (REUTERS/Martin Petty) NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: British Foreign Secretary William Hague Thursday called on Myanmar to release all its political prisoners and make more progress on democratic reforms as he began an historic visit. Hague will meet with both President Thein Sein and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi in his two-day trip -- the first by a British foreign minister in more than half a century to the nation long ruled by the military.