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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.

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Submitted 4 months ago by backhandpath | 0 Comments |

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Burma's Revolution of the Spirit - A Nation's Nonviolent Struggle for Freedom (www.youtube.com)

Burma's Revolution of the Spirit - A Nation's Nonviolent Struggle for Freedom Alan Clements is the author of The Voice of Hope - Conversations with Aung San Suu Kyi - Burma's imprisoned Nobel peace... More

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Submitted 11 months ago by ICFAB | 0 Comments |

US and Australia Agree to Work on Burma Issue (www.irrawaddy.org)

At the conclusion of the two-day Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations, the two countries agreed to continue to work together to achieve a free and democratic Burma.

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Submitted 11 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Activists demand intensified global pressure on Burma (www.mizzima.com)

Thailand-based Assistance Association for Political Prisoners in Burma (AAPP-B), urged the international community on Tuesday, to assert more pressure on Burma’s ruling junta to release all... More

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Submitted about 1 year ago by mbentson | 0 Comments |

Freed Burma MP Sees Struggle (www.rfa.org)

A Burmese dissident just freed from prison after more than 18 years says everyone he knows is simply struggling to survive. Zaw Myint Maung, a medical doctor elected to parliament in 1990 as a... More

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Submitted about 1 year ago by mbentson | 0 Comments |

Is Burma's former Prime Minister Khin Nyunt to be freed soon? (www.mizzima.com)

Rumours that Burma's military junta will soon free its detained officers above the rank of Colonel to involve them in the ensuing election, is making the rounds in military circles in Burma, a... More

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Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Big Burmese Interest in Result of US Presidential Election (www.irrawaddy.org)

A crowd of about 600, most of them young people, packed the US Embassy’s American Center in Rangoon on Wednesday morning to watch Barack Obama sweep to victory in the US presidential election.

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Submitted about 1 year ago by backhandpath | 0 Comments |

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