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    January 31, 2011in Video0by DVB
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    Parliament holds first session in two decades

    More than 1000 MPs today made their way to Naypyidaw’s new parliament building to join Burma’s first session in more than 20 years. Security was tight and media was banned…

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    January 31, 2011in News, Politics5by AHUNT PHONE MYAT
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    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

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    January 31, 2011in Analysis67by LARRY JAGAN
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    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

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    January 31, 2011in Media, News2by SHWE AUNG / DVB
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    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

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    January 28, 2011in Health, News3by JOSEPH ALLCHIN
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    Burma’s health woes traversing borders

    Preventable diseases spilling over into neighbouring countries as medical experts warn of impending headache for regional health system

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    January 28, 2011in Archives, News2by JOSEPH ALLCHIN
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    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

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