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Asean crosses a milestone on Myanmar at summit, but many more in store for crisis

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There are few illusions that what happened at this year's summit would set the precedent for how Asean will handle any future political crises in a member state.

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BANGKOK - What seemed inconceivable just months ago came to pass this week.
Asean held a leaders' summit and one member did not attend after the Myanmar junta declined to send a "non-political representative" as requested by the bloc.
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