NEWS ANALYSISJapan Watches as China Passes it by
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SUVENDRINI KAKUCHI |
China's stepping up as the world's second largest economy drives home to Japan the point that after decades of ruling the roost in Asia, it will have to share the leadership stage with new, powerful contender that is in Japan to stay.
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Only State Proxy Parties to Compete in Naypidaw
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THE IRRAWADDY |
Only two junta proxy parties will contest for constituencies in Naypidaw in the upcoming election as opposition parties say they cannot hope to win there because most of the voters work for the government.
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Vote USDP Orders PM
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THE IRRAWADDY |
Thein Sein orders government employees to vote for the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party as the government's pro USDP electioneering goes into overdrive.
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MARK NIESSE |
| Six recruiters were accused of luring 400 laborers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal indictment that the FBI called the largest human trafficking case ever charged in US history. |
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ZIN LINN |
| National reconciliation and ethnic self-determination are two sides of the same coin, and they must be addressed in the new parliament and in regional and state parliaments. |
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1 US = 975 kyat
1 BT = 30.80 kyat
August 31, 2010 |
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KAY LATT |
| Time is running out for a genuine dialogue before the election, and the regime is moving ahead despite all appeals by democratic groups and ethnic nationalities. |
BEYOND 1988—
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 One day in March 1988, when I was a third year student at the Rangoon Arts and Science University, the noise of loud shouting reached our classroom from the recreation center.
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