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Burma: Suu Kyi’s party decides to enter legal politics

By Zin Linn Sat, Nov 19, 2011 12:16AM UTC

The National League for Democracy party (NLD), led by Burma’s Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has decided to re-register officially to take part in upcoming elections. Out of the 116 central committee members of the party, 106 representatives joined in the Friday meeting to make a historic decision.  The

Hillary Clinton to visit Burma

By AP News Fri, Nov 18, 2011 4:30PM UTC

BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Detecting “flickers of progress” in the long-shunned nation of Burma, President Barack Obama announced Friday that he will send Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the repressed country early next month, the first official in her position to visit in more than 50 years. “We

Suu Kyi party to register for Burma elections

By AP News Fri, Nov 18, 2011 2:10PM UTC

YANGON, Burma (AP) — Burma’s main opposition party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi decided Friday to register for future elections, signaling its confidence in recent political reforms by the military-aligned government. The National League for Democracy party “has unanimously decided to re-register as a political party …

ASEAN takes a gamble on Burma

By Zin Linn Fri, Nov 18, 2011 12:11AM UTC

The people of Burma (Myanmar) have debated on the country’s bid to chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since Senior ASEAN officials met in May in Jakarta. Most citizens did not want it because there are still hundreds of political prisoners in its jails and also the civil

Burma granted ASEAN chair for 2014

By AP News Thu, Nov 17, 2011 6:46PM UTC

BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders have agreed to allow military-dominated Burma to lead their regional bloc in 2014. The chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, is supposed to rotate annually among its 10 member countries. But Burma, which has more than 2,000 political prisoners,