Despite political restrictions, monks in Burma are a force to preserve nature...
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2006Myanmar
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchApril, 2006Myanmar
As Burma’s military rulers settle into their new administrative capital near Pyinmana, the fate of Rangoon remains an open question
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchApril, 2006Myanmar
Burma's former capital is still the country's commercial hub...
The sudden relocation of Burma's capital may have sent government officials and Burmese civil servants moving north to Pyinmana, but for those involved in business Rangoon is still the center of Burma's commercial universe.
The new capital's largest port and its main airport. While Pyinmana remains cut off from the outside world, the former capital has direct international flights to such cities as Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Taipei...
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2006Myanmar
New Delhi's eagerness to supply Burma with weapons highlights new quid pro quo policies...
"Increased contacts between senior military chiefs oÂn both sides of the Burma-India border, involving Indian weapons sales, are believed by analysts to have two primary objectives: to help flush out Burma-based Indian insurgents and to counter growing Chinese influence in Naypyidaw.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2006Myanmar
A savage onslaught by the Burmese army in Karen State has displaced thousands and seriously undermined any government talk‑ about democratic reform...
"Up to four families squash into half-finished bamboo structures of three or four rooms built into the side of a mountain. Those on the other side of the mountain still wait for suitable shelter.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2006Myanmar
As thousands of displaced Karen fill temporary shelters along the Salween River in Burma, their plight has yet to mobilize the international community...
"A large boat churns through the coffee-colored waters of the Salween River that separates Burma from Thailand. Sitting among plastic wrapped bundles of mosquito nets, tins of sardines, boxes of iron nails, plastic buckets, hammers and floor mats, a small chunky man stares at the fast-gathering rain clouds smothering the hot sun.
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