Burma Junta

Burma -- Or Is it Myanmar? -- Goes to See Its Shrink

MP Nunan | Posted 04.03.2012

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MP Nunan

"I had a really bad weekend," Burma says. "Or a really good one," says the shrink. "The first reasonably free-and-fair election since 1990?"

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'The Iron Lady' Or 'The Lady'

John Philip Newell | Posted 03.18.2012

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John Philip Newell

Both Margaret Thatcher and Aung San Suu Kyi show extraordinary courage. But their courage is linked to radically different visions of leadership.

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Burma: Engagement or Appeasement?

John Feffer | Posted 02.05.2012

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John Feffer

The imminent détente with Burma has continued to generate criticism from those who suffer from the appeasement complex, a syndrome that causes politicians to conflate diplomacy with selling out and negotiating with kowtowing.

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PHOTOS: Graffiti And Anthropology At Known Gallery

Posted 11.30.2011

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In the lastest Known Gallery exhibition, "Whitewash," the artistic process is understood as more than simply creation; it's a candid response to those...

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In Myanmar, Change Is Yet To Come

AP | TODD PITMAN | Posted 11.24.2011

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LOI TAI LENG, Myanmar — The soldiers arrived unexpectedly in 15-year-old Sai Noom Mong's village in eastern Myanmar with a brutal message: Leave...

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Asia's New Great Game

Foreign Policy | Thant-Myint U | Posted 11.13.2011

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When geography changes -- as when the Suez Canal joined Europe to the Indian Ocean, or when the railroads transformed the American West and the Russia...

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PHOTOS: A Look At An Emerging Myanmar

Posted 09.26.2011

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The August 2011 issue of National Geographic draws a fascinating portrait of Myanmar, as its currently experiencing its first taste of a nominally civ...

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WikiLeaks: Burma's Opposition Stifled By Old Farts and Uninformed Analysis

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

The US embassy is Rangoon is not known for its diplomatic activism. But WikiLeaks reveals that behind those forbidding doors busy fingers are sending perceptive, well observed missives about the state of Burmese misery.

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FREE AT LAST: Emotional Photos From Aung San Suu Kyi's Release

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Democracy heroine Aung San Suu Kyi took her first steps back into Myanmar's political minefield Sunday, vowing to press a...

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The Revolution Will Be Televised: Oscar-pick Burma VJ Airs on HBO

James Rotondi | Posted 05.25.2011

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James Rotondi

If the totalitarian nightmare portrayed in George Orwell's 1984 strikes you as an implausible portrait of state control and repression, a single viewi...

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Burma Video Journalists: Courageous Reporting From A Closed Country

Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rory O'Connor

"Media has quite a big power," says Aye Chan. In a profoundly religious land, Democratic Voices of Burma's images of dead monks floating in rivers had a huge impact on the populace. Seeing is believing, as the expression goes.

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A Benefit to Support Burmese Children Refugees

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brad Balfour

Profits from a fundraiser will go to support the orphaned Burmese refugees housed at the Child Protection and Education Center at Mae Tao Clinic.

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RED ALERT: Civil War Looms in Burma

Jeff Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Schneider

They have been preparing for this crisis since 1994. They have built a disciplined, equipped, determined force not of hundreds, not of thousands, but ...

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Ibrahim Gambari: Unsuccessful UN Envoy To Burma Heads To Sudan

The New Republic | Seyward Darby | Posted 05.25.2011

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On May 20, 2006, Ibrahim Gambari, the gregarious UN under-secretary general for political affairs, met with leaders of Burma's military junta and thei...

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Jim Webb Woefully Unaware Of Burma's Problems

U Pyinya Zawta | Posted 05.25.2011

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U Pyinya Zawta

US Sen Jim Webb recently traveled to Burma to lean not on Burma's military regime, but to pressure my country's democracy movement into giving up economic sanctions--the most important tool in our struggle for freedom.

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U.S. Senator Jim Webb In Burma To Meet Leader

nytimes.com | SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and SHARON OTTERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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An American senator arrived in Myanmar on Friday to meet with the leader of the junta there, just days after the country's pro-democracy leader, Daw A...

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Suu Kyi Verdict Expected Friday

Irrawaddy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aung San Suu Kyi insisted after Tuesday's final session of her trial before Friday's scheduled verdict that the proceedings would show "whether or not...

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Burma's Amnesty Claim Sure To Be Yet Another Bluff

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Human Rights Watch

It's time now for Burma's allies and trade partners, including Security Council members China and Russia, to act and call Ambassador Than Shwe's political prisoner amnesty bluff.

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Burmese Migrants Make Waste Dump Home (SLIDESHOW)

Demotix | Posted 05.25.2011

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Photos and text from Demotix Click here for more photos and information on Burma. On the outskirts of the transient dusty border town of Mae Sot li...

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The Future of Burma Cannot Be Tied to Aung San Suu Kyi

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

By maintaining that the regime must be isolated and that Burma must be the target of stringent sanctions only helps the junta reverse further into mad "behind-the-wall" strategies.

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Ban Ki Moon in Burma: The Chance for a New Beginning

Gordon Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gordon Brown

When UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon meets the military dictatorship in Burma today he will have the whole world with him. His mission is critical to the future of the Burmese people.

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End the Burma Exception and Refer the Military Junta to the International Criminal Court

Andrea Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrea Friedman

Today sovereignty can no longer be a free pass to arbitrarily arrest, torture, rape and kill one's own people. The military junta in Burma should be no exception.

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Letter From Paris: Burma -- Aung San Suu Kyi Goes on Trial in Prison

Beth Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011

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Beth Arnold

The trial of Burmas pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi opened Monday amid tight security at an infamous jail in the country's main city.

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Burmese Opposition Urges US To Talk To Junta

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's opposition party urged the U.S. to open talks with the country's junta, a spokesman said Wednesday, the last day of ...

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Burma - Another UN Failure

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma Human Rights, Political Prisoners, Burma Junta, Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations, Myanmar Coverage, Myanmar Junta, Myanmar, World News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

The UN Secretary General turned down a request by over 100 former world leaders to visit Burma to petition the military regime to release all political prisoners. I have a friend in jail in Burma for 142 years.

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