Burma today swore in its new president, marking the official transfer of power from the ruling junta to a so-called civilian government. Few observers are surprised that Thein Sein, known for his loyalty to the ageing dictator, Than Shwe, was picked to take the top spot, but has the bespectacled 65-year-old merely become the acceptable public face of military Burma?
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