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Burma: Discrediting Panglong Initiative Won’t Result In Reform – OpEd

By RSDReports on | From eurasiareview.com
By Zin Linn Today is the 65th anniversary of the Union Day of Burma. It marks the signing ceremony of the ‘Historic Panglong Agreement’ between General Aung San and the leaders of Chin, Kachin and Shan ethnic groups guaranteeing a genuine federal union of Burma. However, Burma’s successive decision makers have neglected the political contract [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.Read Full Story

"From Warsaw to Rangoon to Minsk?" by Konstanty Gebert

By SocialEurope on | From social-europe.eu
All dictatorships start in the same way: with promises of a radiant future that make up for the sinister present of misery, fear, gags and blood. And they usually all end alike: the dictator is eventually killed, like Gaddafi, is judged like Mubarak, or flees like Ben Ali. There is, however, a rare type of dictatorship that is harder to predict – the ones that dismantle themselves: Spain after Franco, Chile after Pinochet, Poland under Jaruzelski. Will Burma after Thein Sein be added to that...Read Full Story

Us scrambles back into burma in a race for influence

By chinatravelarticle on | From chinatravelarticle.com
Posted on 2012-02-05 in China Hotel News John McCain … an early arrival. Photo: Getty Images THE Americans are returning to Burma. Jostling in hotel lifts with Chinese engineers who are here to build pipelines across Burma are new faces: US senators, business leaders and academics. Hotels in the capital Rangoon that were largely empty six months ago are at capacity, as the outside world sees a once-rigid, secretive regime opening up politics and promising an end to economic...Read Full Story

Winter threatens refugees along Sino-Burma border

By anytimesnews on | From anytimesnews.com
The number of Burmese refugees arriving in Yunnan Province in China increased dramatically in January, according to relief workers in camps.Read Full Story

The Fruits of Globalization: Regression, Destitution, Domination

By dirtyp on | From waronyou.com
The Fruits of Globalization: Regression, Destitution, Domination December 3, 2011 Print Version Globalists Grind Development to a Halt in Myanmar (Burma). By Tony Cartalucci BlacklistedNews.com Part of a strategy to confound Chinese expansion, part of a long Malthusian tradition of stifling human progress, the gears of progress have been ground to a halt in yet another sovereign nation at the hands of Wall Street and London’s global corporate-financier interests and their stable...Read Full Story
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Aung San Suu Kyi Campaigns for Burma Parliament
Aung San Suu Kyi (center, wearing a red top) leaves her National League for Democracy party office after attending a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of Burma's Union Day on Feb. 12, 2012. ...  
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Burma: Suu Kyi Makes First Election Speeches
Thousands of people lined the roads in Kawhmu township to greet Aung San Suu Kyi on an appearance at the weekend where she is due to contest a by-election for a parliamentary seat on April 1. She made two campaign speeches. Karen dancers performed ethnic ...  
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EU commissioner 'impressed' by Burma
EU development commissioner Andris Piebalgs said he is "impressed by the pace of change" in Burma and will sign-off a new €150 million aid programme. His visit - the first in several years by an VIP - will see him meet leading dissident Aung San Suu Ky on Tuesday.  
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Rock star welcome for Suu Kyi on Burma campaign trail
Crowds of thousands lined the streets cheering and tooting horns as Myanmar Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi hit the campaign trail for the first time on Saturday in a bid to become a lawmaker in the ...  
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Friedensnobelpreisträgerin: Suu Kyi startet Wahlkampf in Burma
Hoffnung auf eine Rückkehr in die Politik: Burmas Oppositionsführerin Aung San Suu Kyi ist mit einer Rede vor Tausenden Unterstützern in ihren Wahlkampf gestartet. Sie gilt nun als aussichtsreiche Kandidatin für die Parlamentswahl - ein Erfolg wäre ein wichtiges Signal für die Demokratisierung des Landes.  
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UN Envoy Visits Insein Prison, Meets Suu Kyi
The UN's special envoy to Burma, Toms Ojea Quintana, visited Rangoon's notorious Insein Prison on Friday morning and met with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the afternoon. Aye ...  
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Impressive biography of Burmese rights advocate
FREEDOM advocate and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is very near the top level of those honoured by the peace prize. Yet she, and her country, Burma, remain somewhat mysterious. Her steadfast and heroic willingness to sacrifice her personal life for the ...  
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