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Friday, September 4, 2009 |
| The political landscape in Burma holds no hope for any change soon. |
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
| You can be happy that Yettaw, an ill man, is not in Insein Prison, but mourn the day the eccentric American decided to swim to Suu Kyi’s rescue. |
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 |
| By halving Suu Kyi’s sentence, Than Shwe has completed his plan to remove her permanently from the political scene while hoping to appear merciful. |
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Saturday, August 8, 2009 |
| Nobody knows when Burma’s seemingly endless struggle for freedom will end, but every Burmese knows that it will end in victory. |
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Friday, July 10, 2009 |
| No one should be frustrated or surprised that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon left Burma empty-handed after his brief visit there last week. After all, he arrived there empty-handed on a mission he said at the outset would be “tough.” |
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Friday, June 26, 2009 |
| Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial is endangering the junta’s steps toward political legitimacy. |
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Friday, June 19, 2009 |
| Several “whys” woke me up this morning on the 64th birthday of Suu Kyi, who would wake up to the sounds of prisoners’ iron shackles and the harsh shouts of wardens in the Insein Prison compound. |
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Friday, June 12, 2009 |
| Burma’s “bully” policy is being applied against Suu Kyi, Thailand and the KNU. |
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Monday, May 25, 2009 |
| Suu Kyi, Thailand, the UN and the meddlesome international community have all angered the ruling generals in Burma—is anyone afraid? |
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Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| Asian countries are being judged by the world like never before. It’s time to show more principle, more leadership. |
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Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| The junta’s rubber-band laws will find a way to keep Suu Kyi in detention, preventing her from taking part in the 2010 election. |
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 |
| Are the Burmese generals deliberately manipulating events in hope that Aung San Suu Kyi will die from natural causes? |
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Friday, April 24, 2009 |
| The realization that it faces a crushing defeat if the 2010 election is free and fair keeps the regime doggedly attached to its road-map, deaf to outside appeals. |
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009 |
| Two issues hold the key to unlock Burma’s political status quo, and the US should make them the focus of any contacts with the military regime. |
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Friday, March 6, 2009 |
| Writing a brief biography for a journalism conference has taken me back to the role of truth in history and journalism. |
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Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| It’s time for the US to sing a new tune, to come up with a pragmatic quid pro quo to achieve real change in Burma. |
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Friday, February 13, 2009 |
| The Rohingya boat people came under assault this week for the color of their skin, raising the spectrum of racism. |
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Friday, January 30, 2009 |
| UN Special Envoy is expected to arrive in Burma this weekend on the seventh visit of a mission that has so far raised little hope of progress towards democratic government there. |
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009 |
| Will 2009 bring a positive change to Burma? A golden question, but no one has the answer. |
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
| Asean congratulates itself on its new charter, but don’t expect a more aggressive body in terms of anti-democratic member states that also abuse human rights. |
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