| The UN’s Dangerous Detour |
 Tracking the Tycoons Who are the business cronies of the junta? What industries do they control? How do sanctions affect them? THE IRRAWADDY investigates. |
 A Different Breed AUNG ZAW compares the respected independent Burmese entrepreneurs of yesteryear to the self-serving profiteers of today. |
 Saving the Delta’s Fair Lady The mangrove forests of the Irrawaddy delta have been gradually degraded over the last century, but Cyclone Nargis all but eradicated them. TINT LWIN and MIN KHET MAUNG report. |
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JIM ANDREWS explains why Burma’s generals have more than a passing interest in the fate of Thailand’s ousted premier, Thaksin Shinawatra. |
 Spare the Child Burma signed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, yet thousands of youngsters work long hours as domestic servants, construction workers or in the sex trade. AUNG THET WINE reports from Rangoon. |
 Burnt Dreams Rangoon’s young elite content themselves with cocaine and ecstasy while kids gets high on glue under bridges by the river, writes KYI WAI. |
 After the Storm CHARLES METZGER brings home the images of cyclone victims and their resilient fight to rebuild their lives. |
 The Despot and the Diplomat A foreign dignitary humiliated by Burma’s rulers—could it be history repeating itself? NEIL LAWRENCE looks at the reign of Burmese King Bodawpaya. |
 Thai Buddhists Help Needy Burmese Children The Phuttika Network provides for children sheltering in Burmese monasteries. |
 A Rocker’s Return Burmese rock star Lay Phyu makes a comeback at a Nargis fundraiser. |
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