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Burma in the Throes of Change - Part 1
By Preethi Nallu
CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Moves by the Burmese government to settle ethnic conflicts in the country, notably with the Karen in the mountainous eastern part of the country, have caught most observers by surprise.
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BURMA
Dismantling a Dictatorship - Peacefully
Analysis by Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - As he dismantles a 50-year military dictatorship without a shot being fired, Burmese President Thein Sein is resorting to the political art of compromise.
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BURMA
Political Prisoners Freed - Conditionally
By Preethi Nallu
CHIANG MAI, Thailand - The release of 651 prisoners, a process which started this month, is being seen as a victory for activists and families who have had to contend with Burma’s notorious prison system.
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Burma Release, Ceasefire Hailed by Obama, Rights Groups
By Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON - The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama Friday hailed the release by the Burmese government of hundreds of political prisoners, suggesting that it went far toward satisfying Washington's conditions for fully normalising ties between the two countries.
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BURMA
Kachin Refugees Get UN Relief, Finally
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Six months after fighting erupted between Burmese troops and ethnic Kachin separatists, international relief is finally trickling in for over 30,000 people who fled their homes near the snow-capped mountains north of the country.
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BURMA
Rape Used as Military Weapon
By Preethi Nallu
BANGKOK - The Burmese army has been following a policy of systematically raping women and girls to subjugate the country’s rebellious ethnic minorities, according to a new report.
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BOOK-BURMA
On the New Road to Mandalay
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Condemned for decades as an international pariah, Burma is enjoying a diplomatic spring with droves of former critics heading towards the Southeast Asian nation.
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The Screen Speaks for Suu Kyi
By A.D.McKenzie
PARIS - Twenty years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and a year after being released from house arrest, Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is the subject of a sweeping film that may increase international pressure on Burma’s ruling regime to speed up tentative reforms.
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Political Prisoners Are Burma's Unsung Heroes
By Christian Papesch
NEW YORK - In a move that highlighted its sub-par human rights record, the government of Burma announced Oct. 11 that it would release 6,359 prisoners, but how many of these will be drawn from the country's estimated 500 to over 2,000 political prisoners remains uncertain.
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Western Sanctions Look Fussy in Burma
Analysis By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - On the face of it, the sudden release of political prisoners in Burma would appear a triumph for the sanctions regime imposed on the Southeast Asian nation by Western governments.
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BURMA
‘Civilian’ Govt Eases Iron Grip
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - With Burma’s quasi-civilian government relaxing the iron grip on power maintained for half-a century by military juntas, the big question is: How real is the change?
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Burmese Convict Brutality Spurs Calls for International Probe
By Lily Hough
WASHINGTON - Burmese convicts forced into military service have endured mistreatment that warrants a U.N. investigation into war crimes in the country, according to a new report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday.
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McCain Cold to Warmer U.S.-Burma Ties
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - If Burma’s quasi-civilian government was hoping for warmer ties with the U.S. government, Senator John McCain’s visit to this South-east Asian nation has placed such hopes on ice.
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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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