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Forget the Referendum, Prepare for a New Burma

The Burmese people and the international community should forget about the constitutional referendum and prepare for the creation of a new Burma.

Humanitarian Intervention Needed

As a major humanitarian crisis in Burma unfolds and the death tool reaches 100,000, it is becoming increasingly clear that the Burmese military government is not doing enough to save lives.

Emergency Aid, Not Ballot Papers, Needed Now in Stricken Burma

Four days after cyclone Nargis, large areas of southern Burma remain paralyzed, and international aid agencies fear that unless large-scale relief rapidly reaches the survivors the death toll could soar yet again.

Referendum Must Take Second Place Now in Regime Priorities

The response by the Burmese regime to this weekend’s cyclone disaster shows that the junta is incapable of running the country, let alone helping the victims.

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bullet With Friends Like These, Who Needs Democracy?
bullet Migrants’ Deaths Overshadow Burma’s New Year Festival
bullet Is Than Shwe’s Pledge Just a Ploy?
bullet America’s Role in Burma’s Struggle for Democracy
bullet World Must Give Serious Attention to Tibet
Commentaries

Wanted: Immediate US Aid Air Drop

By KYAW ZWA MOE
The United States should immediately make air drops of aid into the most devastated areas of the Irrawaddy delta. It’s time for humanitarian intervention.

Relief Effort Should be Burma’s No 1 Priority

By KYAW ZWA MOE
Burma is undergoing a national disaster that is beyond politics. It’s time to make relief aid and rebuilding the No 1 priority.

A ‘Yes’ Vote Will Be No Surprise

By YENI
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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bullet A ‘No’ Vote Means ‘Let’s Have a Dialogue’
bullet UN Disappoints Many in Burma
bullet Burma’s Durable Junta
Contributors

How the Regime Hides Its Billions

By SEAN TURNELL
While the Burmese people struggle to exist in a bankrupt economy, the generals appear to have worked out a way to cream off the country’s foreign exchange earnings.

When Will the Opposition Deliver?

By ADAM SELENE
The NLD is urging Burma to vote “No” in the upcoming referendum. However, is the opposition simply showing the same inflexibility as the junta?

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