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26 min ago | The Economist

The story so far: Democracy on prescription

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Thein Sein

4 hrs ago | The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

In Shwedagon's Shadow, Free Newspapers Shed Light

Rangoon residents take advantage of 'Twilight Reading,' which offers a collection of free newspapers outside of Shwedagon Pagoda.

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Related Topix: World News,

8 hrs ago | The Economist

A Burmese spring

After 50 years of brutal military rule, Myanmar's democratic opening has been swift and startling, says Richard Cockett.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Aung San Suu Kyi, National League for Democracy

9 hrs ago | Burmanet

Democratic Voice of Burma: Rohingyas face riot charges for refusing to register as 'Bengali'

Nine Rohingyas, who were arrested late last month for refusing to register as "Bengalis" at a displacement camp in western Burma, will be prosecuted for instigating riots, according to a state official.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Riot

10 hrs ago | The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

NLD Members Threatened at Gunpoint to Resign in East Burma

Members of the National League for Democracy party sit at a tea shop in Rangoon in March.

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Related Topix: National League for Democracy, World News, Aung San Suu Kyi,

13 hrs ago | South China Morning Post

Award-winning weekly iSun Affairs to suspend publication

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

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Related Topix: World News, Austria, Malaysia,

17 hrs ago | The Telegraph

Manipur doctors to bring smiles in Myanmar

Manipur deputy chief minister Gaikhangam flags off the Mission Myanmar team at Langol in Imphal West on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: World News

Wed May 22, 2013

CNN

Myanmar's sectarian storm

In March this year, the town of Meiktila in central Myanmar was engulfed in deadly sectarian violence that destroyed whole blocks of housing, shops and mosques.

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Related Topix: World News

WSFA-TV Montgomery

As rain from cyclone falls, Myanmar minority stay

This image provided by the Naval Research Lab shows tropical cyclone Mahasen taken Wednesday May 15, 2013 at 0600 GMT.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Southeast Asia, World News, Bangladesh, Asia,

CPJ Press Freedom Online

Premature praise for Burma's press reforms

Burmese President Thein Sein made a historic visit to the White House on May 19, the latest in a series of high-level symbolic exchanges between the two nations.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Journalism, Prison, US Senate, Republican, Mitch McConnell

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

IMF Gives Cautious Thumbs Up on Burma's Growing Economy

The International Monetary Fund said Burma's economy is on track to top 6 percent growth this year as the country's "ambitious reform program is bearing fruit," according to Matt Davies, the IMF's deputy Asia and Pacific chief, speaking in Rangoon on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News,

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

In Sittwe, Hotels Enjoy Aid Boom After Tourism Bust

Foreign aid workers relax in the Indian Ocean on Sittwe's beach. To see more photos click on the box below.

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The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Japanese Companies to Build High-speed Cable in Burma

Three major Japanese companies announced on Tuesday that they have reached an agreement with the Burmese government to build an optical fiber-based telecommunications network linking Rangoon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw.

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Related Topix: World News

Asia Times

Miles to go for Thein Sein

Miles to go for Thein Sein By Aung Tun Myanmar president Thein Sein was received at the White House this week, marking the first time in 47 years a leader of the Southeast Asian country has made an official visit to the United States.

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

AlertNet

Rohingya situation "like apartheid South Africa" - MP

A boy from a Rohingya internally displaced persons camp looks up as he huddles next to his mother while queuing for food in a school, where they were evacuated to shelter from cyclone Mahasen when it landed, outside of Sittwe, May 17, 2013.

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Related Topix: World News, Southeast Asia

South China Morning Post

Myanmar urged to copy Hong Kong development model

Poor nation should maintain a land bank of public sites to help fund up to US$150 billion of much-needed infrastructure projects, investors say Myanmar's infrastructure is dwarfed in size by other Southeast Asian countries like Thailand and Vietnam, while much of its property dates from colonial times.

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Related Topix: World News

South China Morning Post

China news round-up: Xi Jinping set to visit the US, Lanzhou unifies hukou

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, Xi Jinping, Austria, Malaysia, Li Keqiang

Tue May 21, 2013

Stars and Stripes

A living memory of bonds between Myanmar, US

She broke her hip a while back and now uses a four-pronged cane to navigate through her home in this slowly modernizing city near the China border.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Than Shwe, India, Asia

Stars and Stripes

Symbols of US, Myanmar cooperation with a divergent fate

World War II veterans who served in Burma commissioned this statue of American and Kachin soldiers, which stands in the U.S. Embassy grounds in Yangon.

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AlertNet

Myanmar in the dark over hydropower for Asia

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News,