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Doing What Needs to be Done (www.irrawaddy.org)

Earlier this week, The Irrawaddy spoke with Win Tin, Burma’s longest-serving political prisoner, who was released on Tuesday after spending 19 years behind bars. He spoke of his commitment to the... More

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Monks stage quiet protest as world powers call for Burma reform (www.theage.com.au)

ABOUT 100 Buddhist monks in western Burma staged a peaceful protest march to mark the anniversary of last year's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators as world powers called on the junta to... More

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Correspondent visits Burma on anniversary of Saffron Revolution (www.abc.net.au)

It's now been a year since Burma's military junta brutally put down the so-called "Saffron Revolution" led by thousands of Buddhist Monks demanding democratic and economic reform.

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