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1 hr ago | Bangkok Post

Yingluck '31st most powerful woman'

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been ranked the 31st most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel retains her ranking as the most powerful.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany, Aung San Suu Kyi

Wed May 22, 2013

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Ethnic Militia Forces 57 NLD Members to Resign

National League for Democracy members in Shan State's Taunggyi District were forced to resign from the party at gunpoint on Sunday over a dispute about land allegedly confiscated from local farmers by an ethnic militia group, DVB reports.

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Related Topix: Burma, World News

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Burma's Ex-Dictator and His Invisible Line

Anyone who wants to credit Burma's President Thein Sein for the country's political and economic reforms must first thank former dictator Sr-Gen Than Shwe.

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Related Topix: Burma, Southeast Asia, World News, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Speakers, Aung San Suu Kyi

Tue May 21, 2013

Post-gazette.com

Myanmar maturity: White House meeting with general is not premature

The meeting of President Barack Obama and President Thein Sein of Myanmar at the White House Monday has reignited some of the controversy over the pace of improvement of U.S. relations with that troubled nation.

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Related Topix: Thein Sein, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, World News, Aung San Suu Kyi, Opinion

Mon May 20, 2013

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Ethnic Groups Voice Optimism, Anger ahead of White House Visit

Burma's ethnic leaders have accused the United States of providing inadequate support for the Southeast Asian country's peace process and are urging US President Barack Obama to stress the issue during his meeting with Burmese counterpart Thein Sein on Monday at the White House.

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Related Topix: Thein Sein, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Aung San Suu Kyi

International Business Times

President Obama To Meet Myanmar's President Thein Sein In Washington

President Barack Obama will meet Myanmar's President Thein Sein on Monday, the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47 years, amid apprehensions about the sustainability of the nation's internal reforms marred by sectarian violence.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, World News, Aung San Suu Kyi

Thu May 16, 2013

USA Today

Moving from dictatorship, Burma enjoys newspaper boom

RANGOON, Burma - Thomas Tun, a retired government official, takes a daily stroll down his Rangoon street to buy up to five newspapers from a sidewalk vendor.

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Related Topix: Burma, World News, The Lady, Aung San Suu Kyi,

Wed May 15, 2013

Geo Political Monitor

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Though tension and mistrust have long existed amidst the myriad of ethnic and religious groups that comprise Myanmar's society, they erupted with uncommon severity during the violence of last year.

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Related Topix: Burma, World News, Aung San Suu Kyi

Fri May 10, 2013

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Aung San Suu Kyi Says Burma to Amend - World's Most Difficult' Constitution

Aung San Suu Kyi announced Burma will amend its constitution to change the role of the military in politics, strengthen federalism and reform the judiciary, in Rangoon on Friday.

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Related Topix: World News, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma,

Bangkok Post

Suu Kyi predicts charter change

Amendments to Myanmar's military-drafted 2008 constitution are likely to be pushed through before the 2015 general election, democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday.

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Related Topix: Aung San Suu Kyi, World News

Wed May 08, 2013

Yahoo!

Myanmar revokes dissident's pardon

Myanmar's opposition cried foul Wednesday after the authorities revoked a prison amnesty granted to one of its members last year as part of widely praised political reforms.

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Related Topix: Prison, World News, Aung San Suu Kyi

Tue May 07, 2013

The Independent

Aung San Suu Kyi may become target as hackers launch Burma campaign

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Related Topix: World News, Aung San Suu Kyi, Anonymous, Pop/Rock

Mon May 06, 2013

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Lessons from Cambodia

This was one of the questions put to me by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi when I had the privilege of meeting her early 2011 during a visit by the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats and during another discussion that year with the National League for Democracy's Women's Wing.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Cambodia, Aung San Suu Kyi, Hun Sen

Sat May 04, 2013

The Independent

Burma's fertile delta where death was the crop

Peter is a foreign correspondent and feature writer with The Independent who has done long stretches in Japan, India and Italy.

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Related Topix: Burma, World News, Boat Disaster

Fri May 03, 2013

South China Morning Post

Myanmar's opposition set for historic China visit - but Suu Kyi 'too old' to go

Patrick Boehler has written for Time, Bloomberg, Le Monde Diplomatique and the Chinese weekly Shidai Zhoubao.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Austria, Burma, Malaysia, Aung San Suu Kyi

Thu May 02, 2013

State Department

Press Releases: Burma: Termination of Presidential Proclamation 6925

The Secretary of State has determined that Presidential Proclamation 6925, also known as the 1996 Visa Ban, which suspended entry into the United States as immigrants or non-immigrants of "persons who formulate, implement, or benefit from policies that impede Burma's transition to democracy, and the immediate family members of such persons," is no ... (more)

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Charter97

Belarusian dictatorship on agenda in Mongolia

The VII Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies took place in Mongolia's capital Ulan-Bator on 27-29 April.

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Related Topix: Mongolia, Asia, World News, Aung San Suu Kyi, Activism

The Japan Times

Japan's approach to Myanmar

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reportedly plans to visit Myanmar in late May. The last time a Japanese prime minister visited the county was in 1977 when Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda visited then Burma.

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Related Topix: Aung San Suu Kyi, World News, Opinion

Sun Apr 28, 2013

Malaysian National News Agency

Aung San Suu Kyi In Mongolia For Cod Conference

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, April 29 -- The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Chairperson and General Secretary of National League for Democracy of Myanmar, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi arrived here on Sunday to participate in the 7th Ministerial Conference of Community of Democracies .

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Fri Apr 26, 2013

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Burma to Allow Suu Kyi's Presidential Bid, Aung Min Tells US Audience

Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, second from left, walks up the steps to Burma's Parliament with fellow National League for Democracy lawmakers in January.

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Related Topix: Aung San Suu Kyi, World News, Thein Sein