A key US senator on Tuesday backed an end to US sanctions on Myanmar after a landmark visit by the country's reformist leader, signaling a new normalization in relations despite rights concerns. President Thein Sein, a general-turned-civilian who ended Myanmar's long isolation from the West, met lawmakers at the US Capitol one day after the first White House summit by a leader of his country in nearly 50 years.

SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to allow telemedicine in the country's free economic zones (FEZs), a ranking official said Wednesday, a move partly aimed at attracting more foreign investors to the country. In a special forum with foreign investors, Kim Jae-hong, the vice minister of trade, industry and energy, said the government will use the country's FEZs as a testbed for telemedicine and a new type of health care service that also combines medicine with tourism.

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supporters of U.S. immigration reform are hoping that the smooth and drama-free passage of their legislation through a Senate committee - a departure from almost everything that has happened in Congress over the past four years - will boost the likelihood of the bill winning full Senate approval.

By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - A federal appeals court struck down an Arizona law on Tuesday that bans abortions from 20 weeks gestation, saying it violated "unalterably clear" U.S. Supreme Court rulings that women have a right to terminate pregnancies until a fetus is viable.