Aung San Suu Kyi
- Opinion by Tino Calabia
- • September 24, 2012
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WASHINGTON — Though the national elections in the United States loom less than seven weeks away, partisan bickering was agreeably suspended for one day last week here, when the Burmese dissident, Aung San Suu Kyi, was honored by top…
- Categories: Asia, Human Rights, OPINIONS
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- Barbara Crossette
- • September 23, 2012
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RANGOON — One of the most surprising statistics about the Burmese people is not that they are the poorest in Southeast Asia. It is well known that decades of military dictatorship destroyed the national economy and set human development…
- Categories: Asia, Development, Education
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- Barbara Crossette
- • August 22, 2012
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It may have been a coincidence or maybe not. When the 67th United Nations General Assembly session opens in New York in mid-September, the president of Burma, Thein Sein, is expected to speak in what is still called, quaintly,…
- Categories: Asia, Development, Human Rights
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