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| By FRANK DOUGLAS |
| After a stressful meeting in Naypyidaw, a senior Thai government official relaxes in the barber’s chair. |
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| By SHWE YOE |
| “I’ve received a copy of a very confidential CD,” said the barber, as he cut the customer’s hair. |
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| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| The barber takes a tongue-in-cheek guess at what Burma’s Nobel Peace Prize winner would write in a letter from Insein prison to Burma’s most ignoble loser. |
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| By DAVID PAQUETTE |
| Our Rangoon barber takes time out to interview long-distance swimmer and full-time fantasist John William Yettaw. The verdict: Insein or insane? You decide. |
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| By JIM ANDREWS |
| The barber smiled and raised his neatly trimmed eyebrows as he settled his youthful customer in the chair. |
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| Election Watch |
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| By 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. |
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| By AUNG NAING OO |
| Before Burma’s 1990 general elections, detractors of the Burmese military regime cried foul against the repressive and restrictive conditions of the polls. |
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| By HTET AUNG |
| If the Burmese military believes that it deserves the privilege to govern, then it should be brave enough to compete with politicians and political parties within an open and fair parliamentary framework. |
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| Beyond 1988 - Reflections |
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| By KAY LATT |
| 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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| By MIN NAING THU |
| When I first heard the word “Tha-beik-hmauk [protest],” in broadcasts by the Burmese service of the BBC, the expression was completely new to me, a 10-year-old living in Monywa. |
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| By YENI |
| I left my parents and younger sister in tears at our home and set out for the Thai-Burmese border after experiencing the crackdown in 1988 on the nationwide demonstrations calling for democratic change. |
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| Others |
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| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| To commemorate Aung San Suu Kyi’s 64th birthday, we would like to invite you, our readers, to submit your artwork featuring Suu Kyi. |
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| The Burmese regime’s decision to incarcerate democratic opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon’s notorious Insein Prison has provoked a strong outcry. |
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