 People of 2006
For this year's People of 2006, The Irrawaddy invited several guest writers with special knowledge of their subjects to contribute profiles for its annual spotlight on the movers and shakers who had an impact on Burma and the region.
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 2006 Year-end Review
Burma made headlines throughout the world in 2006, from the crisis in Karen State to Ibrahim Gambari's meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi. The Irrawaddy provides a year-end review of the leading stories about Burma this past year.
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 The Big Sleep
The release of video footage from the wedding of Snr-Gen Than Shwe’s daughter Thandar Shwe raised hackles for its wanton display of excess. Dominic Faulder considers what it implies about the country’s military rulers.
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BOOK REVIEW
 The Road Less Traveled
David Scott Mathieson reviews Myanmar’s Long Road to National Reconcilation, edited by Trevor Wilson, a collection of essays on the future of democratic reform and reconciliation in Burma.
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