[ti:Obama Meets with Aung San Suu Kyi] [ar:Christopher Cruise] [al:In the News] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]President Barack Obama met Friday with Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar, [00:05.94]also known as Burma. [00:08.38]After the meeting, the Nobel Peace Prize winner [00:12.71]told reporters her country's democracy process has slowed. [00:17.68]And she said its constitution is "unfair, unjust, and undemocratic." [00:24.30]The constitution bars anyone with strong ties [00:28.88]to a citizen of another country [00:31.58]from being a candidate for president. [00:34.20]Aung San Suu Kyi's sons are British citizens, [00:37.89]as was her husband. [00:40.13]President Obama met on Thursday [00:43.13]with Myanmar's President, Thein Sein. [00:46.17]Mr. Obama went to Myanmar for a meeting [00:50.11]of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. [00:53.94]He is also attending the East Asia Summit. [00:57.53]That group includes the 10 nations of ASEAN [01:01.67]plus the United States, China, Russia and India. [01:06.97]Iraqi officials say government troops [01:10.41]have forced Islamic State militants [01:13.29]from the town of Beiji, north of Baghdad. [01:16.78]The militants had captured Beiji and its oil processing center [01:21.75]during their offensive across northern and western Iraq earlier this year. [01:28.38]Israel is permitting Muslims of all ages [01:32.47]to attend religious services Friday at the Temple Mount. [01:37.00]That is the holy place in Jerusalem [01:40.68]that Muslims call the al-Aqsa mosque. [01:43.71]Israel had recently restricted attendance at the mosque [01:48.64]to women and men 35 years of age and older. [01:53.37]Israeli officials were worried [01:56.14]that younger Muslims would incite violence. [01:59.45]The decision to lift the age restrictions was announced [02:04.73]after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met separately with Israeli, [02:10.25]Palestinian and Jordanian leaders. [02:13.16]Afghanistan's new president is in Pakistan [02:16.91]for his first visit to the country since taking office. [02:21.09]Pakistan state television reported [02:24.42]that Ashraf Ghani went to Pakistani army headquarters [02:28.55]in Rawalpindi on Friday. [02:30.64]VOA's correspondent in Islamabad [02:34.52]says Mr. Ghani will meet with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday. [02:40.99]The two men are expected to talk about reports [02:45.22]that Pakistan's military supports the Taliban in Afghanistan.