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Monday, February 23, 2009 |
| It’s time for Burma’s opposition to tackle the issues head-on and let the country know they are a viable alternative. |
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
| As the world continues to reel from the effects of a deepening recession, economic nationalism is making life especially difficult for millions of migrant workers. |
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Monday, February 2, 2009 |
| A series of recent raids in Rangoon has again thrown the spotlight on the narcotics trade and the roles played by high profile businessmen and members of the Burmese military regime. |
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Monday, January 26, 2009 |
| The recent rise in the value of the Burmese currency, partly due to sinking demand for foreign goods, will hurt exports, with farmers taking the hardest hit. |
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Monday, January 19, 2009 |
| Allegations that Thailand’s navy has been towing Rohingya refugees out to sea are hurting the country’s reputation. |
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Monday, January 12, 2009 |
| The sharp fall in oil prices on world markets has created a unique situation in Burma, where the cost of fuel on the black market is now lower than at government-controlled pumps. |
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008 |
| Another year is coming to a dispiriting end in Burma, as the UN continues to make only half-hearted efforts to resolve the country’s political crisis. |
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Thursday, December 4, 2008 |
| Earlier this week, thousands of Burmese from each corner of the country came out from their houses and peered up at the night sky. “Look!” they whispered to their infants. “The sky is smiling at us!” |
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Friday, November 28, 2008 |
| When the political pundits can only shrug and utter comments like “Something is better than nothing,” you know Burma is facing its darkest night. |
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008 |
| Burmese can only watch with envy as Americans go to the polls today, after seeing their own right to choose their leaders stolen from them repeatedly since independence. |
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Friday, October 17, 2008 |
| In a reversal of its reliance on consumer goods from China, the military government in Burma has now advised its citizens to avoid buying Chinese dairy products. |
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Saturday, September 6, 2008 |
| It’s outrageous to learn that Saw Myint Than, the chief reporter of the Rangoon-based weekly the Flower News Journal, was arrested on Monday for reporting on a murder that should have been a wake-up call to the city’s police force. |
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Monday, September 1, 2008 |
| Aung San Suu Kyi did not respond when the Burmese junta and the UN called to her with loudspeakers; instead, she silently upheld the rule of law. |
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Saturday, August 16, 2008 |
| In a recent interview, Denmark's Minister for Development Cooperation Ulla Tørnæs said economic sanctions on Burma and a tourism boycott are counterproductive and suggested the country would benefit from more tourists and trade with the world. |
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Saturday, July 26, 2008 |
| The UN’s top humanitarian relief official, John Holmes, has ended his three day visit to Burma after reviewing UN efforts in the country’s cyclone-affected areas. |
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Friday, July 18, 2008 |
| Burma's generals must be smiling, pleased at how they have successfully handled the international community. |
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008 |
Among the more than 1,000 political prisoners in Burma, one merits particular attention—
Win Tin, the country’s longest-serving prisoner of conscience. |
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Friday, July 4, 2008 |
| The resilience of the cyclone survivors should stand as a lesson to all of us that civil society is the strongest stepping stone on the bumpy road to democracy. |
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Monday, June 30, 2008 |
| Journalists everywhere—whether international or local—should be allowed to do their work without governmental interference. |
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Saturday, June 21, 2008 |
| The imposition of further restrictions on humanitarian aid shows once again how far Burma continues to sink into the sad image of a failed state. |
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