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Tuesday, April 27, 2004 |
| April 27, 2004—An international think-tank has proposed that western and neighboring countries should rethink their clashing approaches—confrontation versus engagement—toward Burma’s political reform efforts to find another way forward. |
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Thursday, April 22, 2004 |
| April 22, 2004—Peace talks between Burma's largest ethnic Karen rebel group and the junta will be delayed until after May because the government is busy reconvening the National Convention, a senior Karen leader said. |
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Wednesday, April 21, 2004 |
| April 21, 2004—Burma’s ethnic organizations—including ceasefire groups who have already decided to attend the National Convention—want the military government to modify the convention’s proceedings to allow free discussion during the meeting, ethnic leaders said today. |
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Monday, April 19, 2004 |
| April 19, 2004—Burma’s opposition National League for Democracy, or NLD, will maintain its current policy toward the National Convention if the military regime doesn’t change things substantially, said NLD secretary U Lwin on Monday. |
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Wednesday, April 14, 2004 |
| April 14, 2004—Aung Shwe and U Lwin, chairman and secretary respectively of Burma's main opposition National League for Democracy party, or NLD, were released from house arrest on Tuesday and are meeting with party members, said Thein Nyunt, a party member that met Aung Shwe on Wednesday morning. |
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Monday, April 12, 2004 |
| April 12, 2004—Burma’s main opposition National League for Democracy, or NLD, on Friday called for the repeal of a law known as No 5/96 that criminalizes any speeches or documents that "belittle and make people misunderstand the functions being carried out by the National Convention," which is tasked with drawing up a new constitution for the country. |
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Thursday, April 8, 2004 |
| April 08, 2004—Burma’s main opposition National League for Democracy party, or NLD, on Thursday responded to a government invitation to attend its National Convention, due to be re-convened on May 17, by calling for the release of its secretary-general Aung San Suu Kyi. |
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Monday, April 5, 2004 |
| April 05, 2004—An ethnic Karen women’s group said that its report on rape cases committed by Burma Army soldiers was not a bid to destroy the current ceasefire talks between the military and Karen leaders. |
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Friday, April 2, 2004 |
| April 02, 2004—14 ethnic Mon rebels were killed last month by an ethnic Karen rebel group in Southern Mon State, Burma, said the top leader of the Mon rebel group today. Initial speculation indicates an arms conflict may have been behind the killings. |
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Friday, May 7, 2004 |
| May 07, 2004—Some ethnic organizations based in Rangoon have reaffirmed that they will not attend the National Convention unless the military government changes its proceedings, said an ethnic leader today. |
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Wednesday, May 5, 2004 |
| May 05, 2004—A severe earthquake that hit central Burma last September destroyed a massive hidden bunker being constructed by the junta, killing dozens of government staffers working in the underground building, journalists and local residents said recently. |
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Thursday, September 9, 2004 |
| September 09, 2004—Two Burmese opposition groups in exile welcomed a recent peace proposal made by one of Burma’s most popular poets and aimed at ending the country’s years-long conflict among military, ethnic and opposition groups. |
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Monday, September 6, 2004 |
| September 06, 2004—The mouthpiece of Burma’s junta on Monday slammed the economic sanctions that Washington imposed on the military ruled country last year, and charged, “There is no country in the world that has ever changed for the better on account of economic sanctions.” |
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Tuesday, August 31, 2004 |
| August 31, 2004—An international campaign group yesterday encouraged the EU to maintain its demand that Burma be excluded from the Asia-Europe meeting, or ASEM, due to be held in Hanoi in October. |
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Thursday, August 26, 2004 |
| February 21, 2003—Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi may soon find herself under detention again after refusing to pay a fine handed down by a Burmese court today, according to sources in Rangoon. The court offered her the choice between a week in jail or a 500 kyat fine (US $.50). |
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Wednesday, August 25, 2004 |
| October 29, 2002—Burma’s draconian Press Scrutiny Board (PSB) has been quite busy lately. Two more popular magazines have been prohibited from publishing their upcoming issue due to previous references to Thailand and the mentioning of a banned poet, according to reliable sources in Rangoon. |
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Tuesday, September 25, 2001 |
| Despite the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) ongoing investigation of the alleged continued use of forced labor in Burma, the Australian government has sent a team of aid workers to Burma in recognition of recent efforts by the junta to improve its political landscape. |
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Wednesday, September 19, 2001 |
| A group of political prisoners asked about their views on military rule in Burma insisted they had done nothing wrong by opposing the country’s ruling junta, according to prison sources. Military Intelligence (MI) officials questioned the prisoners at Tharawaddy Prison, near Rangoon, on August 10. |
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Tuesday, September 18, 2001 |
| The International Labor Organization’s (ILO) three-week investigation of the alleged use of forced labor in Burma began this week as the four-member team descended upon Rangoon. The junta has given the group the green light to go anywhere in the country that it deems necessary. |
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Monday, September 17, 2001 |
| The National League for Democracy (NLD), Burma’s main opposition party, issued a statement on September 13th condemning the recent terrorist attacks in America, while Burma’s ruling military government has remained silent. |
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