Rangoon

Smashing Faces, Taking Names

Posted 01.07.2012

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Imagine a fusion between "The Mighty Ducks," and "American Pie" and you'll get something close to the new hockey comedy, "Goon." Here, Seann Wil...

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Myanmar's Beauty

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Rangoon, Photos, Photography, Slidepollajax, Myanmar, World Photos, Burma, World News

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When Will Aung San Suu Kyi Really Tackle Sanctions?

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 08.02.2011

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Since her November release from house arrest, Aung San Suu Kyi has been "talking and listening" to her followers in Burma. What she was hearing may have surprised her.

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In Burmese Opposition There Will Be No Reform: Aung San Suu Kyi

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

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The growing discontent with the NLD has been obvious inside Burma for most of the past decade. It came to light internationally when, during the November elections, desperate discussions were held about the official boycott.

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

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burma Human Rights, Burma Junta, Nld, Burma, Aung Sang Suu Kyi, Julian Assange, Rangoon, Yangon, National League for Democracy, Wikileaks, Myanmar, World News

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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Burma: democracy banned but NLD lifts tourism boycott

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elections, Tourism, Aung San Suu Kyi, Nld, Activism, Yangon, Myanmar, Tin Win, Burma, Rangoon, National League for Democracy, Junta. Democracy, World News

On Sunday, as Burmese head to the polls (or more likely stay indoors, in an opposition inspired boycott) a far reaching decision by the main oppositio...

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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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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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Sleeping Meditation

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Rangoon, Meditation, Loss, Love, Meditation Practice, Suffering, Grief, Sleep, Healthy Living News

Take rest. Let the process of your practice unfold all by itself. Let your healing have its own rhythm. Keep paying attention to your experience, but don't make an enemy out of anything, including sleepiness.

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'There were gasps in court, but all she did was smile'

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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She had about half an hour to snatch a few, last glimpses of Rangoon as the police convoy sped her from Insein jail, down the lakeside highway and ba...

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Suu Kyi Trial: Burma's Democracy Leader Testifies, Telling Rangoon Court She's Innocent

irrawaddy.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified for the first time at her trial on Tuesday, denying that she had violated any law by giving sh...

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Burma Lawyers Risk Jail For Doing Job

Inter Press Service | By Marwaan Macan-Markar | Posted 05.25.2011

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To be a lawyer in military-ruled Burma is to court danger, invite arrest and risk being jailed in the country's notorious prisons. It is the price...

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Rangoon Raids Yield 28 Kilograms Of Heroin

Irrawaddy.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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Police and customs officers in Rangoon have confirmed that a special anti-narcotics task force has seized substantial quantities of heroin in a series...

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