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An activist from Myanmar stands on a placard with portraits of Myanmar's military government leaders during a rally demanding the release of the country's democratic icon Aung San Suu Kyi, in front of the Myanmar embassy in Seoul March 14, 2010. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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U.S. military attache Colonel Brey Sloan (2nd L) and other attaches attend the Armed Forces Day parade in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw March 27, 2010. Myanmar's top generals attend the annual Armed Forces Day parade on Saturday for the final time as the country's leaders as the military prepares to hand over power to an elected civilian government. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)
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File Photo: A woman washes a statue of Buddha at the Uppatasanti Pagoda in Naypyidaw.
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A file photo of children carrying construction equipment in Naypyidaw in 2010. (PHOTO: Reuters)
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A picture of Myanmar's junta leader Senior General Than Shwe is seen on the vandalised nameplate of Myanmar embassy during a protest in New Delhi March 19, 2010. The protesters demanded the release of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and for Myanmar's government to begin dialogue with Suu Kyi and other legitimate representatives of ethnic groups before the elections, according to a media release. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
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A pro-democracy activist from Myanmar breaks the nameplate of the Myanmar embassy with a rock as a picture of Myanmar's junta leader Senior General Than Shwe (R) is seen on the wall during a protest in New Delhi March 19, 2010. The protesters demanded the release of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and for Myanmar's government to begin dialogue with Suu Kyi and other legitimate representatives of ethnic groups before the elections, according to a media release. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
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Myanmar's Chief of Military Intelligence Lieutenant General Ye Myint attends an informal meeting of ASEAN chiefs of defence forces in Hanoi March 25, 2010. Senior defence officials from ASEAN countries are in Hanoi to discuss ways to improve cooperation in the face of non-traditional security threats. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)
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Filipino activists stage a die-in while chanting slogans as they display a poster of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, during a rally by the Free Burma Coalition group outside the Myanmar embassy in Manila's Makati financial district March 19, 2010. A statement from the group said they held a rally to denounce Burmese junta's election laws that excludes democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and other opposition parties from Myanmar's upcoming 2010 elections. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
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A novice Buddhist monk sits in the Uppatasanti Pagoda in Myanmar's new capital of Naypyitaw March 26, 2010. An ostentatious parade by Myanmar's ruling generals on Saturday is being cast by the junta as a swansong, but the military looks set to remain the dominant political force even after handing power to a civilian government after elections later this year. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (Myanmar - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS SOCIETY MILITARY)
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Nyi Nyi Aung, a Burmese-American democracy activist, speaks to reporters as he arrives at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport March 18, 2010 after being deported from army-ruled Myanmar five weeks into a three-year prison sentence for immigration and forgery offences. Nyi Nyi Aung, also known as Kyaw Zaw Lwin, was arrested at Yangon's international airport as he planned to visit his mother, who has thyroid cancer and his cousin, who were both serving prison terms for their part in a 2007 pro-democracy uprising. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST HEADSHOT)
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National League for Democracy spokesman and lawyer Nyan Win (Reuters)
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Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Nyan Win gestures as he speaks to the media upon his arrival at Manila's International Airport to attend the Special Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting on Interfaith Dialogue for Peace and Development March 16, 2010. An interfaith dialogue among Non-Aligned Movement member-states opened this week in Manila, hoping to bridge religious conflicts through peaceful dialogue and cooperation. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS)
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Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Nyan Win hugs his Philippine counterpart Alberto Romulo (L) during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a special Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting on Interfaith Dialogue for Peace and Development at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Manila March 17, 2010. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Nyan Win gestures as he speaks to the media upon his arrival at Manila's International Airport to attend the Special Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting on Interfaith Dialogue for Peace and Development March 16, 2010. An interfaith dialogue among Non-Aligned Movement member-states opened this week in Manila, hoping to bridge religious conflicts through peaceful dialogue and cooperation. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS)
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A worker holds his daughter's hand near Myanmar's new parliament building which is under construction in Naypyidaw March 27, 2010. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS)
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Workers are seen near Myanmar's new parliament building which is under construction in Naypyidaw March 27, 2010. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: POLITICS)
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A worker walks in front of the Parliament in Naypyidaw on 26 March 2010. (Photo: Reuters)
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Myanmar pro-democracy activists clash with the police during a protest outside the Myanmar embassy in New Delhi March 19, 2010. The protesters demanded the release of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and for Myanmar's government to begin dialogue with Suu Kyi and other legitimate representatives of ethnic groups before the elections, according to a media release. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
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Tomas Ojea Quintana, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma, in Geneva March 15, 2010. (PHOTO: Reuters)
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An activist from Myanmar holds a portrait of Myanmar's detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally demanding the release of the democratic icon Suu Kyi, in front of the Myanmar embassy in Seoul March 16, 2010. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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File photo from 2010 of Shwedagon Pagoda. (Reuters)
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Burmese soldiers march during the Armed Forces Day parade in Naypyidaw in 2010. (PHOTO: Reuters)
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File photo of the Burmese army in Naypyidaw.
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Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn visits the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon March 16, 2010. REUTERS/ Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: ROYALS)
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File photo of former military Snr-Gen Than Shwe, who many believe still pulls the strings. (PHOTO: Reuters)
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A picture of Myanmar's junta leader Senior General Than Shwe is seen on the vandalised nameplate of Myanmar embassy during a protest in New Delhi March 19, 2010. The protesters demanded the release of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and for Myanmar's government to begin dialogue with Suu Kyi and other legitimate representatives of ethnic groups before the elections, according to a media release. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
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Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein (L) and other junta leaders attend the Armed Forces Day parade in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw March 27, 2010. Myanmar's top generals attend the annual Armed Forces Day parade on Saturday for the final time as the country's leaders as the military prepares to hand over power to an elected civilian government. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)
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A picture of Myanmar's junta leader Senior General Than Shwe is seen on the vandalised nameplate of Myanmar embassy during a protest in New Delhi March 19, 2010. The protesters demanded the release of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and for Myanmar's government to begin dialogue with Suu Kyi and other legitimate representatives of ethnic groups before the elections, according to a media release. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
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