No Sign of Progress in Burma (www.asiantribune.com)

Feelings are running high with people of Burma because of a sad story. Tin Tin Htwe, 38, from Bahan Township in Rangoon, reportedly died of a heart disease.

Tags: burma,monks,crackdown,prisoners

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Burma to buy Russian MiG planes (news.bbc.co.uk)

Russia has signed a contract to deliver 20 MiG-29 fighter planes to Burma, Russian media reports say.

Tags: burma,junta,russia,weapons sales

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Kowtowing Holds Up Political Progress in Burma (www.irrawaddy.org)

Megalomania on the part of the authorities and obsequiousness on the part of the people who serve them are salient features of any authoritarian system, where signs of complete submission and personal... More

Tags: burma,democracy movement,resistance movement,aung san suu kyi,junta,indonesia

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Secret video reveals Burma's crackdown on monks (www.abc.net.au)

A hidden camera has provided a rare glimpse inside Burma's mental health system which is used to incarcerate opposition figures and politically active monks.

Tags: burma,democracy movement,resistance movement,aung san suu kyi,junta,monks,mental institutions,prisoners

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Obama tells Myanmar to free Suu Kyi (english.aljazeera.net)

Barack Obama, the US president, has told Myanmar's military government to free Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's jailed pro-democracy leader.

Tags: aung san suu kyi,obama,us president,freedom

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As an American is Tortured in Burma, Where's the Outrage? (www.huffingtonpost.com)

As I write this, an American is being tortured in Burma. Yet little is being done by the United States to secure his release and few mainstream media outlets are covering his story. So why isn't more... More

Tags: nyi nyi aung,suu kyl,insein prison,obama

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Bruma: Torture Is State Policy (www.scoop.co.nz)

The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) (AAPP) today strongly condemned the widespread ongoing use of torture against political detainees in Burma.

Tags: interrogation,aapp,military regime,prison treatment

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The World Is a Fire Hydrant (www.washingtonpost.com)

In keeping with his campaign promise to talk to America's enemies without precondition, Barack Obama plans to turn his charms on Burma's military junta. Slowly, we're beginning to understand what hope... More

Tags: obama,bruma,foreign policy,unga

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Case for Boycotting Burma is Simplistic (www.smh.com.au)

ANEW ''boycott Burma campaign'' was launched this week, calling on Jetstar, Lonely Planet and other local companies to end ties with the country.

Tags: bruma,boycott,lonely planet,oppressive military regime

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