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BURMA: U.S. Mission’s Meeting with Ethnic Minorities Signals Hope
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - The United States government’s diplomatic foray into military-ruled Burma made early inroads into an area sealed off to United Nations envoys in recent years—meeting the country’s oppressed ethnic minorities.
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POLITICS: U.S. Mission to Burma Heralds Obama’s New Diplomatic Tack
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - An upcoming mission by senior United States government officials to military- ruled Burma points to Washington’s commitment that engaging with oppressive regimes—than spurning them—is the way forward for change.
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RIGHTS: Karen Fear Military Offensive Near Planned Dam in Burma
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - With the annual monsoon rains ending, there is a growing fear among the Karen ethnic minority living along military-ruled Burma’s eastern border of a dry season offensive. The most vulnerable are villagers residing in the vicinity of the controversial Hat Gyi dam.
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Civil Society Refuses to Cave in at ASEAN Summit
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
CHA-AM, Thailand - Civil society representatives from South-east Asia’s developing democracies delivered an unequivocal message to the region’s leaders at a summit held here – they will not succumb to the whims of governments that suppress political and civil liberties at home.
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DEVELOPMENT: UNESCAP Steps in to Help Burma’s Debt-ridden Farmers
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - A regional United Nations body dubbed by its critics as a "talk shop" and with limited concrete achievements to its name appears set to change that image by striking a deal with one of Asia’s recalcitrant regimes – the Burmese military government.
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POLITICS: China, Burma Bust Up Over Border Unrest
Analysis by Larry Jagan
BANGKOK - The border dispute between two close allies, China and Burma, has now been compounded by concerns over the junta’s future relations with the United States.
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POLITICS-BURMA: Monks Silent and Simmering Two Years after Revolt
By Larry Jagan
BANGKOK - Burma’s monks are silent but seething with anger two years after the brutal state crackdown on their revolution.
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POLITICS: U.S. Policy Shift on Burma Gets Mixed Reactions
By Larry Jagan
BANGKOK - The shift in the United States policy towards Burma has been met with mixed reactions, with few believing it will have an impact. But the South-east Asian state’s detained opposition leader has already endorsed Washington’s move to start talks with the reclusive regime.
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POLITICS-BURMA: Junta Up to Its Old Tricks, Plays with the West
By Larry Jagan
BANGKOK - Having released more than 7,000 prisoners in the last few days as part of the preparations for next year’s planned polls, Burma’s military rulers are up to their old tricks, according to Burmese activists and human rights groups.
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POLITICS-BURMA: Two Years After, Monks Remain Closely Watched
By Joel Chong
BANGKOK - "I'm being watched all the time. I am considered an organiser. Between noon and 2 p.m., I am allowed to go out of the monastery. But then I'm followed," Buddhist monk U Manita said. "I'm prepared to march again when the opportunity arises. We don't want this junta. And that's what everyone at my monastery thinks as well."
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BURMA: Rights Group Tallies Growing Ranks of Political Prisoners
By Eli Clifton
WASHINGTON - The number of political prisoners held by the ruling military junta in Burma has reached 2,200, according to a report released here by Human Rights Watch Wednesday.
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CHINA: Dual Pipelines in Burma to Push Ahead Amid Criticism
By Antoaneta Bezlova
BEIJING - Despite fresh international criticism of Beijing’s backing for an unpopular regime as the Burmese junta, China sees its alliance with the country’s military as a matter of simple economic expediency and is determined to forge ahead with controversial joint dual oil and gas pipelines that will ensure greater energy security for its robust economy.
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POLITICS: With Pipelines, China’s Footprint in Burma Expands
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - If military-ruled Burma needed a stark symbol of China’s growing dominance in the country, then it would be poised to get one soon. The Asian giant is about to start building two pipelines – for gas and oil – that will span the breadth of the South-east Asian nation.
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Labour in RSSTwenty years after the uprising, Burma's isolationist military regime continues to brutally stifle the opposition and restrict fundamental rights. The anniversary fell during the Olympic Games in Beijing -- the Chinese government maintains its support for the Burmese Junta. Meanwhile, the long-term effects of the devastating Cyclone Nargis and the bloody crackdown in September on Buddhist monks continue to plague this tormented nation.

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