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		<title>OPENING-UP OF MYANMAR</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy B.RAMAN The three-day (Nov.30—Dec 2,2011) visit of Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, to Myanmar&#8212; the first by a US Secretary of State since the visit of Johan Foster Dulles in 1955&#8212; indicated the growing self-confidence of President Thein Sein that the cautious policy of domestic reforms and external opening-up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Allies Back Burma Uneasily</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Larry Jagan BANGKOK, Apr 26, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; Already Burma’s new civilian government poses problems for its Asian allies as it tries to woo the international community. The month-old quasi-civilian administration, led by President Thein Sein has launched a new diplomatic charm offensive in an effort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BURMA: Military Plays a Civilian-Looking Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Larry Jagan BANGKOK, Apr 11, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; A new quasi-civilian government has taken over in Burma, but diplomats, analysts and pro-democracy activists are dismissing it as nothing more than &#34;old wine in a new bottle&#34;. Burma analysts believe that strongman Than Shwe has only retreated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HEALTH-BURMA: Global Fund Back With New Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Feb 26, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; Burma’s transition from an overt military rule to a civilian administration of retired generals is getting a shot in the arm from a former critic of the junta – the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BURMA: China Stands Behind New President</title>
		<link>http://globalgeopolitics.net/wordpress/2011/02/12/burma-china-stands-behind-new-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Feb 12, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; China is throwing its weight behind Burma’s predicted political transformation from military rule to a supposed civilian government, deepening its strong economic ties with the resource-rich Southeast Asian nation some have described as Beijing’s &#34;client state&#34;. China was the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BURMA: If Freed, Suu Kyi Would Face New Political Landscape</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 23:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Nov 6, 2010 (IPS) &#8211; To some in her country she is known as &#34;The Lady,&#34; and to others, the more endearing &#34;Aunty Suu.&#34; Yet beyond the borders of Burma, which has endured nearly 50 years of oppressive military regimes, Aung San Suu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>POLITICS-BURMA: On Poll Eve, To Vote or Not to Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Mon Mon Myat RANGOON, Nov 5, 2010 (IPS) &#8211; Near markets, bus stops and busy areas in this city, groups of young people are busy handling out leaflets with a photograph of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her message saying &#34;people have a right not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BURMA: Poll A Showdown between Dead Strongman and Living One</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Oct 29, 2010 (IPS) &#8211; The ghost of military-ruled Burma’s first strongman, Gen Ne Win, has returned to haunt the South-east Asian nation’s current junta leader, Senior Gen Than Shwe, as the country heads for its first general election in two decades on Nov. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Beyond Burma&#8217;s 2010 Elections</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Kanya D&#8217;Almeida UNITED NATIONS, Oct 24, 2010 (IPS) &#8211; While scores of international observers wait on tenterhooks for the first election in Burma in two decades &#8211; and one of only three multiparty elections in 60 years – a report by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BURMA: Ahead of Poll, Junta Faces Off with A Familiar Foe &#8211; Radio</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Oct 20, 2010 (IPS) &#8211; As military-ruled Burma heads towards its first general election in two decades in November, its citizens are tuning in to their enduring faith in the old communication order – the power of the radio. The key role that radio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CHINA&#8217;S RAILWAY LINK-UP WITH CHITTAGONG VIA MYANMAR</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy B.RAMAN The Government-controlled Xinhua news agency of China reported as follows on October 17,2010: &#34;Myanmar has planned to construct a railroad that will link a deep-sea port, Kyaukphyu, in western Rakhine state with Kunming, southwest of China, the local Weekly Eleven News reported Saturday (My comment: It is possibly a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BURMA: As Vote Nears, Moods Range from Disdain to Determination</title>
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