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Trouble brews as Burma turns to world markets

Has much changed in Burma in the year since Suu Kyi's party attacked 'blatant cronyism and corruption', and how will its transformation to a prized economic asset impact on civilians?
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Deceiving the US over North Korean ties

Thein Sein's denial of a nuclear relationship with North Korea is evasive, and done merely to appease the US. It's highly likely that Pyongyang continues to supply its ally with arms and know-how
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Resisting a neoliberal sweep of Burma

Looming western investment in Burma, coupled with the arrival of development 'experts', risks ushering in a quasi-authoritarian neoliberalism where elites, and not Burmese citizens, decide the future of the country

Features

A wave of dissent-activists start campaign opposing elections

GAYATRI LAKSHMIBAI
Generation Wave, a group of young Burmese activists, start a campaign to boycott 'unfair and undemocratic' 2010 elections in central Rangoon

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