October 22, 2004
Burma's/Myanmar's Prime Minister has been ousted by military hardliner Soe Win.
This doesn't look good for Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy movement, since Soe Win takes a hard line against them. The political situation still looks bleak in Burma (Flash.) I wonder if Burma's power play leaves India smiling.
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'resigned for health reasons' ha ha ha. Yeah, he was trying to avoid lead poisoning.
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Did he refuse to endorse Dubya, or something?
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Maybe it's time to re-examine our devotion to militarism and democracy, since they so often seem to be incompatible.
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Burma's military junta has freed a top dissident - second only to Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi - as part of a release of 4,000 prisoners.
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If anyone hasen't seen the Grace Under Pressure link yet, check it out. It's very good.
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Myanmar prisoner release seen as another ploy Suu Kyi's house arrest 'extended'
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In Myamar, the powers that be don't really want to set her free. Though this woman won a Nobel prixe It doesn't count in her government's eyes.
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= prize