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Source > Sydney Prabhu/Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:14
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The Burmese arms buildup is not the dream child of a megalomaniac or errant general. It is a carefully orchestrated move by the Chinese to have an offensive front against India ...
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Source > BA KAUNG/The Irrawaddy
Thursday, 07 January 2010 19:37
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Burmese military supremo Than Shwe's reaffirmation in an Independence Day speech on Monday of his plan to hold a general election this year failed to clear away any of the political fog that has shrouded Burma for months past.
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Source > WAI MOE/The Irrawaddy
Thursday, 07 January 2010 19:26
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As Burma gears up for elections to be held sometime later this year, the country's military junta is moving ahead with plans to transfer ownership of key industries to business firms closely associated with the ruling generals.
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Source > WAI MOE/The Irrawaddy
Friday, 16 October 2009 23:16
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Burma’s main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), has adopted what it calls a “survival policy” for years. But, ahead of the 2010 election, the issue of whether the party continues ... |
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Source > Zin Linn/United Press International
Thursday, 15 October 2009 17:08
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Last week Burmese leader Than Shwe allowed detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet Western diplomats, at her request, to talk about the sanctions imposed on the military regime... |
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Source > SIMON ROUGHNEEN/The Irrawaddy
Thursday, 13 August 2009 22:42
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As Aung San Suu Kyi returns to face another 18 months of house arrest, regional and global reactions have followed, highlighting a lack of international unity on her conviction and return to house arrest.
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Source > Bill Tarrant/Reuters
Tuesday, 11 August 2009 16:51
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A spate of reports that North Korea may be helping fellow pariah state Myanmar join the nuclear club has underlined concerns over Pyongyang's proliferation activities since it renounced disarmament talks and tested a bomb...
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Source > SIMON ROUGHNEEN/The Irrawaddy
Monday, 10 August 2009 22:14
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While there is no hard evidence to demonstrate that the Burmese regime in Naypyidaw has been seeking to acquire or develop nuclear weapons, the circumstantial evidence is worrying when North Korea's track record is taken into account...
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Source > AUNG ZAW/The Irrawaddy
Friday, 31 July 2009 20:01
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Did astrologers advise Snr-Gen Than Shwe to postpone the verdict in the trial of opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi? Or was it a ploy by Than Shwe, a former psychological warfare officer, to buy more time? Or did Chinese leaders tell the Burmese to postpone the ruling?...
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