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DEVELOPMENT
South-east Asian Highway Hits Roadblock in Burma
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - With its thick forest cover and abundant wildlife, the Dawna mountain range in south-eastern Burma is coming in the way of a flagship highway project being pushed by one of Asia’s premier financiers of roads.
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BURMA
Military Shake-up Reveals Junta’s Plans for New Gov’t
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - As the November general election in Burma approaches, the country’s junta is revealing the political designs underway in order to place the powerful military under civilian authority after a lapse of 22 years.
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BURMA
U.S. Support Boosts Calls for U.N. War Crimes Inquiry
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - An international campaign seeking a war crimes inquiry into the alleged systematic abuses by Burma’s military regime finally has a strong ally in U.S. President Barack Obama.
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POLITICS-BURMA
After 20 Years, Junta Picks November Poll Date
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - By finally announcing the date of the country’s first general election in 20 years, Burma’s military regime has lived up to a promise it made in its seven-step "roadmap", a blueprint in its desperate quest for political legitimacy.
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BURMA
Call for War Crimes Inquiry Foils U.N. Envoy’s Trip
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - When a U.N. human rights investigator for Burma called for an international inquiry to look into possible war crimes by the country’s military regime, he added significant weight to similar calls that had been made in other quarters.
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BURMA
Civil Society Steps into Election Fray, Trains Candidates
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Civil society organisations in Burma are stepping into the minefield of pre-election activity in the military-ruled country, giving rise to possible shifts in the political landscape there.
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BURMA
Loophole Gives Junta Room to Go Nuclear in Secrecy
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Thanks to a loophole in the international regime to control the proliferation of nuclear weapons, military-ruled Burma could very well carry out its reported intent to go nuclear behind a veil of secrecy, free of scrutiny from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
Burma’s Nuke Ambitions to Come under Scrutiny
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - When South-east Asian foreign ministers gather in Hanoi this week for a series of annual security meetings, the region’s most troublesome member, military- ruled Burma, is due to come under scrutiny over reports of its nuclear ambitions.
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BURMA
ILO Steps into Political Minefield to Help Revive Trade Unions
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Nearly 50 years after a Burmese military regime crushed what was once a vibrant trade union movement in the South-east Asian country, hints of a revival are beginning to emerge.
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BURMA
‘No Rallies, No Slogans’ Order Shackles Parties Ahead of Poll
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Burma’s military regime is giving its critics more ammunition, tightening its grip ahead of a general election this year by seeing to it that independent political parties are barred from chanting slogans, marching in rallies and displaying their party flags when they campaign.
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BURMA
Public Education a Drain on Family Incomes
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Once again, parents in military-ruled Burma are counting the cost of a primary education for their children in public schools. It is an annual ritual that comes with the beginning of a new school year, which coincides with the onset of the monsoon rains in June.
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POLITICS
China-Burma Talks a Step Forward in Improving Relations
By Mitch Moxley
BEIJING - Relations between China and Burma have been shaky of late – due in large part to border skirmishes in Burma that have frustrated Beijing. But one would not know it from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s two-day state visit, which ended Friday.
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POLITICS
Rising Border Tension Threatens China-Burma Relations
By Mitch Moxley
BEIJING - When the military regime in Burma launched a campaign last August to disarm the ethnic rebels in the Kokang region, made up mostly of ethnic Chinese and where a two-decade-long ceasefire had been in place, the push triggered an exodus of more than 37,000 refugees into China’s Yunnan province.
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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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