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    May 21, 2008in Uncategorized2by Staff Reporter
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    Did Cyclone Nargis hit the generals' mindset?

    Htet Aung KyawMay 21, 2008 (DVB), Although the deadly Cyclone Nargis did not strike the generals’ new jungle capital Naypyidaw directly, it may have struck a blow against the mindset…

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    May 21, 2008in Uncategorized0by Staff Reporter
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    Junta pays 'fake refugees' to pose as cyclone victims

    May 21, 2008 (DVB), The Burmese authorities have been forcing cyclone victims to return to their villages and replacing them with paid "fake refugees", according to a private donor who…

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    May 21, 2008in Uncategorized0by Staff Reporter
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    Cyclone victims suspect officials of switching aid

    May 21, 2008 (DVB), Survivors of Cyclone Nargis in Maaupin believe that rice donated by the Swiss government was taken by local authorities and replaced with poor quality supplies. A…

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    May 21, 2008in Uncategorized46by Staff Reporter
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    Lawyer U Aye Myint given human rights award

    May 21, 2008 (DVB), The European Bar Human Rights Institute announced on Monday that it would confer the Ludovic-Trarieux Human Rights Award 2008 on Burmese lawyer U Aye Myint. The…

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    May 21, 2008in Uncategorized20by Staff Reporter
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    Commentary: Did Cyclone Nargis hit the generals' mindset?

    Htet Aung KyawMay 21, 2008 (DVB), Although the deadly Cyclone Nargis did not strike the generals’ new jungle capital Naypyidaw directly, it may have struck a blow against the mindset…

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    May 21, 2008in Uncategorized0by Staff Reporter
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    Authorities give out food in exchange for 'Yes' votes

    May 21, 2008 (DVB), Local authorities in Thingangyun township, Rangoon, have been giving rice and cooking oil to families who agree to vote 'Yes' in the constitutional referendum, a local…

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