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Burma's Burning Ring of Cease-fires

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 AUNG ZAW
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The Burmese regime is surrounded on almost all sides by ethnic cease-fire groups that are gearing up for a showdown over demands that they form themselves into border guard forces.
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Opposition Parties Face Election Uncertainty

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 BA KAUNG
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The junta is delaying announcement of the election law to handicap opposition parties and give more time to pro-junta parties
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Finding the Path to Democracy

Monday, February 01, 2010 THE IRRAWADDY
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Thu Wai, one of the founders of the new Democratic Party, looks at the upcoming election and his party's plan to engage the regime in the new parliament.

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Jailed 88 Generation Leaders Refuse to Compromise

Monday, February 01, 2010 BA KAUNG
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Burma's military authorities try unsuccessfully to pressure Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi into accepting the government's election process in return for their release.
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A Tip for Asean: Ethnic Reality beyond the Election

Monday, January 25, 2010 HTET AUNG
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Burma's major ethnic cease-fire groups will not accept the junta’s border guard force plan and are reluctant to contest the election because the Constitution is rigged against them.

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Quotable

Nyan_win80"Once her [Aung San Suu Kyi's] sentence expires in November, and that notion is not disputed, it is our understanding that she will have served her sentence."
—Nyan Win, the foreign minister of Burma

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