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General Than Shwe has woken up and will be taking the opportunity to sabotage the democratic process
This has not gone unnoticed by General Than Shwe who may possibly use the opportunity to sabotage the democratic process
Than Shwe is simply trying to dress in the style of bygone kings. Than Shwe's evocation of royal politics asserts a very Burmese and Buddhist idea about what the terms of political legitimacy areMore quotes »
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India PM in historic Burma visit
27 May 2012 Last updated at 04:18 ET Manmohan Singh has overseen a turnaround in Burma-India ties Manmohan Singh is beginning an official visit to Burma, the first by an Indian prime minister since 1987. Mr Singh said he hoped to strengthen trade and dip from BBC News Read more »
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Burma’s Redemption More Domestic Than Imported
Today’s diplomatic hardball over U.S. sanctions in Burma would be great Graham Greene novel, were there any evidence the program played a central role in the dictatorship’s unraveling. Burma analyst Andrew Selth at the Lowy Institute for International Po from Miller-McCune Read more »
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Democracy still distant in Myanmar
SINGAPORE – Former Thai General Lertrat Ratanavanich remembers his regular meetings with Myanmar junta leader Than Shwe, who ran the country for 19 years. Like the time the dictator asked for some penguins. Than Shwe is very fond of animals, so I was req from The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Read more »
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Nagas oppose hydel project
Kohima, May 8: Civil society groups have objected to the construction of a hydel project at Tamanthi on the Chindwin river in Myanmar. A memorandum submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today by the civil society groups said the construction had so from Calcutta Telegraph Read more »
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Myanmar Junta’s Penguins Obscure 64 Million in Blackout
Men read newspapers by the side of a road in Yangon on March 19, 2012. In the past year, the Myanmar government eased censorship of news websites and dissident publications and passed a law allowing public protests subject to permission from authorities. from Bloomberg.com Read more »
