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Aung San Suu Kyi ends boycott to make Myanmar parliamentary debut – Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2012/0501/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-ends-boycott-to-make-Myanmar-parliamentary-debut BANGKOK, THAILAND – Aung San Suu Kyi will take her seat in Myanmar’s military-stuffed parliament on Wednesday, after...

A Grim Trade: Burma’s ethnic women trafficked to China – The Irrawaddy

http://irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=21486 BANGKOK – A mix of unscrupulous traffickers, Burma’s economic decline and militarisation, and a shortage of males caused...

Amid Calls for ‘Panglong II,’ Ramos-Horta Offers to Mediate – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=20195 As ethnic leaders called for new talks to end Burma’s political standoff, the president of Timor-Leste spoke to...

Opposition: International Community Must Reject Election – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18082 More than 150 organizations representing the Burmese opposition, ethnic minority groups and overseas supporters call for the international...