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Thursday, June 12, 2008 |
| Although Burmese army troops can now be seen in areas devastated by last month’s cyclone, their arrival brings fear instead of aid. |
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Saturday, May 31, 2008 |
| Burma's cyclone survivors are doomed. The Burmese regime has dumped them in the approximate location of the flattened villages, with no food, no water, no livelihood and no future. They are faced with more hunger, disease and suffering. |
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Saturday, May 24, 2008 |
| Will Than Shwe really allow “all aid workers” into the country, three weeks after Cyclone Nargis wreaked widespread devastation in the Irrawaddy delta? |
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Saturday, May 17, 2008 |
| The Burmese people deserve the right to grasp the helping hands of the international community. |
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Monday, May 12, 2008 |
| The world must now decide whether national sovereignty trumps the moral responsibility of alleviating human suffering. |
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Saturday, May 3, 2008 |
| As Burma prepares for the May 10 constitutional referendum, pressure increases inexorably on the country’s electorate to vote either “Yes” or “No.” |
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Saturday, April 5, 2008 |
| Burmese have been disappointed before, and will probably be let down again, by yet another watered down statement from the United Nations Security Council. |
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Saturday, March 29, 2008 |
| After nearly two decades under the current regime, the Burmese people have learned not to take Snr-Gen Than Shwe at his word. |
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Saturday, March 22, 2008 |
| With no tangible progress after three missions to Burma, UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari should step aside to allow a major shift in UN policy toward Burma. |
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Saturday, March 15, 2008 |
| Burma’s ruling junta is nothing if not unpredictable. But if the referendum doesn’t go their way, you can count on the generals to act as if it never happened. |
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Saturday, March 8, 2008 |
| With tensions rising in a volatile region following a brazen attack on Chinese police, governments need to exercise restraint in their efforts to regain control. |
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Saturday, March 1, 2008 |
| The series of fires that struck Burma recently is not only down to careless persons, but to careless authorities. |
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Friday, February 22, 2008 |
| The regime is trying to ensure democracy has no chance in Burma by eliminating all possibility of a free press and freedom of speech. |
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Friday, February 15, 2008 |
| The assassination of Mahn Shah reflects a divided house and a divided people. |
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Friday, January 25, 2008 |
| The fourth in a series of war veteran “Rambo” films, featuring Hollywood's mega-star Sylvester Stallone as a 61-year-old who heads into the Burmese jungle to rescue abducted Western missionaries, has its world premiere on Friday. |
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Friday, January 18, 2008 |
| The official order suspending publication of Burma’s partly government-owned weekly, The Myanmar Times, and the resignation under pressure of one of its reporters, Win Kyaw Oo, in a newsroom reorganization are... |
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Tuesday, December 4, 2007 |
| The head of the United Nations’ Development Programme in Burma and the UN’s resident coordinator Charles Petrie left Rangoon on Tuesday after the military regime had refused to renew his visa. |
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Friday, November 9, 2007 |
| Traditionally, the Burmese people have believed that society rests on three highly regarded institutions: "Students," "Monks" and "Soldiers." All three groups fought for Burma's independence from the British colonial power and the Japanese occupation. All three had a dream to build a new nation. |
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Sunday, September 23, 2007 |
| Spirits were high as around 500 demonstrators, led by prominent pro-democracy activists, paraded through Rangoon on that fateful day in August. |
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Thursday, September 20, 2007 |
| When demonstrations against the Burmese junta’s latest assault on the living standards of its people began on August 19, some so-called experts played down the extent of the protests. |
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