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| The US decision to begin consultations with key international and regional partners to support the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry into the Burmese junta's alleged crimes is a good move but it must be more than just symbolic. |
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| Washington's Burma policy must be energized to inspire more faith in the US commitment to democracy, human rights and the rule of law. |
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| India's own pragmatic concerns have caused it to allow Burma's Snr-Gen Than Shwe to step foot on its soil and besmirch its national icon and a hallowed Buddhist shrine. |
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| Some European Union and European Commission bureaucrats are creating confusion over a united policy on Burma, just at a critical time when the country needs one. |
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| By HTET AUNG |
| The candidate nomination period for Burma's 2010 election closed on Monday, and the deadline for candidates who want to withdraw their application is Sept. 3. |
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| By AUNG ZAW |
| A military purge or a simple change of uniforms? No one yet knows why Than Shwe is uprooting his colleagues. |
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| By YENI |
| With the help of his astrologers, Burmese junta chief Snr-Gen Than Shwe clearly juggled the numbers to reach an election date of November 7. |
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| By ZIN LINN |
| National reconciliation and ethnic self-determination are two sides of the same coin, and they must be addressed in the new parliament and in regional and state parliaments. |
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| By DR ZARNI |
| The positive possibilities of the US decision to support a UN investigation into alleged crimes against humanity in Burma far outweigh any negative effects. |
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