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Burma: after by-election win, hard yards ahead for NLD – RTÉ Morning Ireland/The Huffington Post

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0402/morningireland.html – Audio file, scroll down http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-roughneen/burma-hard-yeards-ahead-f_b_1401803.html BANGKOK – After winning a landslide victory in April 1 by-elections in Burma,...

Keeping up with the neighbours: Thailand jails grandfather for 20 years – The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/simon-roughneen/thailand-hails-grandfather_b_1111483.html In a sentence exceeding some those handed down for murder and rape in the country, Thailand yesterday jailed...

Bittersweet festival for flooded Thailand – The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/simon-roughneen/bittersweet-festival-for-_b_1087789.html AYUTTHAYA, Thailand – On dark, humid and gloomy Sunday one month ago, Sasikarn Kornair served up just about...

Malaysia’s unlikely reformer – The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/simon-roughneen/malaysias-unlikely-reform_b_965775.html Today is Malaysia’s 54th birthday, and last night, on the eve of the Merdeka (independence) celebrations, under-pressure Prime...

Burma and Reform: All Talk and no Walk? – The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-roughneen/burma-and-reform-all-talk_b_961267.html BANGKOK – It isn’t easy working as a journalist under Burma’s military rulers. The army has run the...

Sudan wars seem far from over – The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/simon-roughneen/sudan-wars-seem-far-from-_b_953395.html After a murderous almost-six decade forced-marriage with what is now the (relative to before) the rump state of...

Time for risky ventures in Timor-Leste – RTÉ World Report/Huffington Post

audio – http://www.rte.ie/news/av/2011/0821/worldreport.html#&autoplay=true http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-roughneen/time-for-risky-ventures-i_b_940371.html Railaco, Timor-Leste – Up a winding, rock-strewn road through stunning mountain scenery, an hour from...