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| By FRANK DOUGLAS |
| After a stressful meeting in Naypyidaw, a senior Thai government official relaxes in the barber’s chair. |
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| “I’ve received a copy of a very confidential CD,” said the barber, as he cut the customer’s hair. |
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| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| The barber takes a tongue-in-cheek guess at what Burma’s Nobel Peace Prize winner would write in a letter from Insein prison to Burma’s most ignoble loser. |
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| By DAVID PAQUETTE |
| Our Rangoon barber takes time out to interview long-distance swimmer and full-time fantasist John William Yettaw. The verdict: Insein or insane? You decide. |
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| By JIM ANDREWS |
| The barber smiled and raised his neatly trimmed eyebrows as he settled his youthful customer in the chair. |
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| Election Watch |
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| By SEAN TURNELL |
| Without the rule of law, there are no guarantees the economy will be free of state interference under the 2008 Constitution |
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| By KYAW ZWA MOE |
| What can the international community and the opposition do to ensure that next year’s election puts Burma on the road to genuine political reform? |
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| By HTET AUNG |
| The NLD and the Than Shwe regime actually share some common ground on the role of the military in Burma’s future. |
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| Beyond 1988 - Reflections |
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| By AUNG NAING OO |
| On Christmas Eve in 1995, Zaw Min, the assistant foreign affairs secretary of the ABSDF, visited a mysterious little office on Ramkhamhaeng Road in Bangkok. |
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| By AUNG NAING OO |
| I was born in Thakala, a small town located on the Pegu-Syrian highway, 27 miles from Pegu and some 50 miles from Rangoon. In the 70s and 80s, it still took about three hours to travel to Rangoon on two buses and a ferry. |
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| By AUNG NAING OO |
| When talking about the revolution, I must mention the magazine Myet Khen Thit. It was not just a magazine; it was The magazine, and it played a significant role in the conflict between the Burmese military and its opponents for more than a decade. |
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| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| To commemorate Aung San Suu Kyi’s 64th birthday, we would like to invite you, our readers, to submit your artwork featuring Suu Kyi. |
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| The Burmese regime’s decision to incarcerate democratic opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon’s notorious Insein Prison has provoked a strong outcry. |
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