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Whatever their impact on Burma’s ailing economy, sanctions remain an important expression of solidarity between the international community and the Burmese people. |
After more than a decade, the debate over the use of sanctions to push for political change in Burma remains as contentious as ever. |
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Elephants are becoming the latest victims of landmines planted along the war-torn Thai-Burma border. |
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nation’s (Asean) self-appointed political physician has a new prescription for what ails Burma: a dose of Cambodia. |
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A former political prisoner recalls the day he fled Burma—his home and prison. |
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Burma’s belated entry into the IT era is being hampered by a lack of infrastructure and the ruling junta’s fear of losing control over the flow of information. |
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On May 1, just weeks before mid-term elections to be held in mid-May, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo battled protesters enraged by the arrest of former President Joseph Estrada and took aim at a group of alleged coup plotters. |
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Humor is one of the few things that make life in Burma bearable for most people, but even this salve for the soul can rub the ruling generals the wrong way. |
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