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The art of boxing with a bound opponent

It seemingly started as a clean campaign with clear cut guidelines for polling booth officials to make it a free and fair vote taking, but by all accounts no holds were barred for the junta authorities in their relentless quest to win yesterday’s nationwide constitutional referendum.

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  • Published: 2008-05-11

How can many words can a picture say?

The Kengtung market in the morning is a ceaseless cacophony and kaleidoscope of life that is the daily ritual for peoples of eastern Shan State. Here, a panoply of stalls stock all the necessities of day-to-day life. Some sold clothing, Burmese longyis and green-and-white school uniforms hanging alongside Shan outfits and more generic Chinese tee shirts and jeans.

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  • Published: 2008-05-11

Junta fights to win in Shan State

Junta authorities have been putting pressure on the villagers in northern Shan State to vote in favor of their draft charter, according to reliable sources.

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  • Published: 2008-05-10

JUNTA PLAYING GOD AT THE EXPENSE OF THE SUFFERING PEOPLE

The Burmese junta's decision to block foreign search and rescue teams after the deadly cyclone is tantamount to a death sentence for thousands of people, who are unreachable or easily inaccessible and trapped in areas surrounded by floating dead bodies, without food and shelter. The aftermath spreading of contagious disease of cholera and danger of malaria and dengue sickness are sure scenarios, which will definitely follow sooner than later.

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  • Published: 2008-05-09

Junta in for an easy ride tomorrow

Despite somewhat unduly concern shown by local military authorities to win votes from the people in each of their constituencies, the ruling generals have already given themselves as much leeway as possible to come out on top again in tomorrow’s constitutional referendum, according to an informed source returning from Shan State South.

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  • Published: 2008-05-09

The tragic situation in Burma

Burmese people are now suffering from the great impact of Cyclone Nargis. It is very shocking to hear that the death toll has increased dramatically three days after it hit last Saturday.

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  • Published: 2008-05-08

Vote "No" posters displayed in Shan State

Vote "No" posters to the junta drafted charter were stuck up at public places in Taunggyi, Panglong and Keng Tung, according to sources.

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  • Published: 2008-05-08

Time for Burmese junta to repent

The first thing the junta should do is to swallow its false pride, simplify visa procedure for international NGO workers and speed up the process, so that needy population in Irrawaddy Delta, which is hard hit by cyclone Nargis, could be helped.

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  • Published: 2008-05-08

Mandalay- Taungyi buses robbed

Buses bound for Taunggyi, Shan State capital, from Mandalay were robbed by a band of about 10 gunmen in camouflage with expensive weapons and passengers lost large amount of money, jewelries and mobile phones, according to a source from Southern Shan State.

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  • Published: 2008-05-08

Local USDA secretary assassinated

A secretary of junta-backed Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) in northern Shan state along with two other officials were shot by unknown gunmen after returning from a campaign to encourage people for support of junta charter, according to sources.

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  • Published: 2008-05-06

Junta officials say Shan leaders participated in the charter drafting

As part of the effort to persuade the Shans to support the draft constitution, a junta township chief had recently told a meeting in northern Shan State that Shan leaders had participated in the drafting of the charter.

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  • Published: 2008-05-06

Burma News International Press Conference

Release of Nation-wide Opinion Poll of Burmese Voters on the Burmese Referendum

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  • Published: 2008-05-05

The Tripartite Struggle: An Analogy to Romance of the Three Kingdoms

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  • Published: 2008-05-05

Workers call for rights on May Day

About 600 workers including 40 representatives from migrant work sites in Chiangmai have drawn attention to their rights yesterday, at May Day ceremony held in Lamphun, 30 km south of Chiangmai.

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  • Published: 2008-05-02

Migrant reps join May Day parade

40 representatives from migrant work sites in Chiangmai were invited to join forces with the May Day march held in Lamphun, 30 km south of Chiangmai, this morning, according to sources returning from the event.

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  • Published: 2008-05-01
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