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Myanmar Junta Members Go Civilian
0 Comments - 01 May 2010

By SETH MYDANS, The New York Times, May 01, 2010.BANGKOK — It is an obvious move when generals in a military junta decide to step aside in favor of civilian rule: shed military ranks and uniforms and transform themselves into civilians.Last week, several cabinet members in Myanmar’s junta did a quick change, resigning from the armed forces, appar...

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Myanmar PM to form party
0 Comments - 30 Apr 2010

Straits Times, April 30, 2010.MYANMAR'S prime minister, who recently retired from his military post, has applied to form a new political party ahead of rare elections expected later this year, state media reported on Friday.Thein Sein and 26 others registered to form the 'Union Solidarity and Development Party' on Thursday at the election commiss...

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Report outlines regime’s post-Nargis ‘failure’
0 Comments - 30 Apr 2010

Thomas Maung Shwe, Mizzima News, April 29, 2010.Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – A report just issued by New York-based Human Rights Watch sharply counters claims made by some that following Cyclone Nargis there was a general opening of space across Burma.Human Rights Watch notes in its extensive research that despite making some significant gains in fixing...

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Asean's leaders growing weary of intractable junta
0 Comments - 17 Apr 2010

Larry Jagan, Bangkok Post, 17/04/2010.Every Asean summit for the last decade has been dominated by the Burma issue. Although discussions are usually on the sidelines and in confidential sessions, this year's meeting in Hanoi was no different. The only exception was that in the chairman's public statement at the end of the proceedings, Burma seeme...

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Myanmar calls fatal blasts a terror attack
0 Comments - 15 Apr 2010

By the CNN Wire Staff, April 15, 2010 -- Updated 1448 GMT.Photo:People wait Thursday for word of relatives outside the emergency department of Yangon Hospital in Myanmar.Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) -- The government of Myanmar said three bombs caused the deadly blasts that ripped through Yangon on Thursday, an action it calls a terrorist attack.At leas...

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Asean leaders issue Burma election call
0 Comments - 11 Apr 2010

BBC News, 9 April 2010.South East Asian leaders have urged Burma's military government to hold free and inclusive elections.In a statement, the leaders of the Asean regional grouping said the move would help the country to stabilise and focus on development.Burma's military rulers recently enacted election laws ahead of polls expected later this ...

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ASEAN pressed Myanmar leaders for free, fair election
0 Comments - 10 Apr 2010

Reuters - Friday, April 9.HANOI, April 9 - Southeast Asian leaders have urged Myanmar's ruling junta to hold fair elections that include all parties, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said on Friday.Dung said he conveyed that message on a visit to Myanmar days before the leaders of Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which includes Mya...

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Will ASEAN eventually deliver?
0 Comments - 10 Apr 2010

By ROSHAN JASON, Democratic Voice of Burma.Published: 9 April 2010.One must be wondering if the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is nearing the end of its tether with its perpetually troublesome member, Burma, or has the bloc so convincingly led the world to believe that it cares enough when it appears, in actual deed, that it does ...

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