Parliament holds first session in two decades
Parliament sits Shwe Mann elected as speaker
Burmese junta's former third-in-command to chair lower house as first day of historic parliamentary session comes to an end This parliament makes a mockery of democracy
There is little to suggest that Than Shwe's parliament is anything more than a brain room for his thinly disguised military dictatorship Journalists barred from parliament
Authorities keeping a close eye on reporters in Naypyidaw as road leading up to the parliament building is barricaded with barbed wire Burma refugee sets himself alight
Man had been in detention in northern Australia for eight months awaiting a decision on his application for asylum in the country Burma’s health woes traversing borders
Preventable diseases spilling over into neighbouring countries as medical experts warn of impending headache for regional health system Burma to create SEZ, spur growth
China's success story in Shenzhen seen by many as a possible benchmark for new business growth in Burma's southern Tavoy area Media laws obscuring parliament
Foreign and domestic reporters unclear about access to first session as laws ban all electronic devices from entering parliament building Court rejects Suu Kyi party appeal
Supreme Court take only minutes to brush aside appeal against dissolution of National League for Democracy party Burma blasted at UN meeting
Sweden calls Burma's human rights record 'alarming' as 47-nation assembly holds its first regular review of conditions in the pariah

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