Burma

Burma frees dissident Aung San Suu Kyi (Time.com)

November 13th, 2010

Aung San Suu Kyi smiles as she walks with National League for Democracy party members after being released from house arrest in Yangon November 13, 2010. Military-ruled Myanmar freed the Nobel Peace Prize-winner on Saturday after her latest period of house arrest expired, giving the country a powerful pro-democracy voice just days after a widely criticised election.   REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun   (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS PROFILE IMAGES OF THE DAY)Time.com - Seeing the opposition splintered, the regime has released Aung San Suu Kyi. Are the generals wagering that she no longer has the fearsome power she once possessed?


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Burma under military control

November 11th, 2010

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Burma, Post-Elections: What Next for Opposition, Suu Kyi? (Time.com)

November 8th, 2010

Time.com - Despite the trappings of political openness, Burma’s first elections in two decades were hardly an exercise in democracy

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What’s Next for Burma Opposition After Elections? (Time.com)

November 8th, 2010

Time.com - Despite the trappings of political openness, the country’s first elections in two decades were hardly an exercise in democracy

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Burma: Hope Among the Young (Time.com)

November 1st, 2010

Time.com - Burma: Hope Among the Young

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Big Oil Firms Accused of Human-Rights Abuses in Burma (Time.com)

July 7th, 2010

Time.com - The NGO EarthRights has accused oil giants Chevron and Total of tolerating human-rights abuses in connection with their pipeline in Burma and financially supporting the country’s oppressive regime

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