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	Myanmar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Myanmar is located between Bangladesh and Thailand, with China to the north and India to the north-west, with coastline on the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.
		The fertile plains of the Ayeyarwady and Thanlwin Rivers are in the central lowlands of Myanmar.
		Buddhism in Myanmar is predominantly Theravada Buddhism and is practised by 89% of the population, especially the Bamar (and its subgroups, including the Rakhine), Shan, Mon, and Chinese.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Myanmar (3560 words)

	Politics of Myanmar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of Myanmar (Burma) takes place in a framework of a authoritarian dictatorial republic which is controlled by the military (Tatmadaw) in the form of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).
		Myanmar is divided into 7 divisions and 7 states.
		Myanmar does not accept compulsory International Court of Justice jurisdiction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Myanmar (691 words)

	Politics of Myanmar: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yangôn (), formerly rangoon, population 4,504,000 (2001), is the capital of myanmar....
		The myanmar baptist convention is an association of baptist churches in the nation of myanmar (known until 1989 as burma)....
		(burma) was the prime minister of myanmar and the chief of intelligence of the myanmar army....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/politics_of_myanmar.htm (1520 words)

	Myanmar - Uncyclopedia
		The country of Myanmar is a nation somewhere in Asia.
		Myanmar is centered around the Irrawady River, which is a really big river in the middle of Myanmar.
		Myanmar was one of the last nations to adopt the Metric system, which is part of why they have no technology there.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Myanmar (592 words)

	Myanmar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Union of Myanmar (also known as the Union of Burma by bodies and states who do not recognise the military junta's right to rule) is the largest country (in geographical area) in mainland Southeast Asia.
		The regime is accused of having a questionable human rights record and the human rights situation in the country is a subject of concern for a wide number of international organizations.
		Although a variety of cultures exist in Myanmar, the dominant culture is Bamar-based.
	www.airandspace.org /encyclopedia/Myanmar (3054 words)

	Engaging Myanmar in ASEAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		For over 40 years after the emergence of modern Myanmar in the aftermath of the Second World War, politics within Myanmar was dominated by ongoing conflicts between the core and the peripheries, with various ethnic groups engaged in armed struggles against the central government in Yangon.
		The second is the political tension and impasse in Yangon between the government and the NLD of Aung San Suu Kyi, brought about by the NLD's setting up of a committee to represent the National Assembly from the election of l990.
		Myanmar began participating in the ARF in l996 after it obtained observer status in ASEAN.
	www.thaiembdc.org /pressctr/statemnt/others/dfm_1198.htm (2706 words)

	Meteoroloo.com :: Myanmar - myanmar travel
		The myanmar tour operators Japanese expelled the British with the help of Aung San and occupied the country during World War II but it was retaken by the British in 1945.
		In myanmar traders 1988, protests against economic mismanagement and political opression were violently repressed; on August 8 of that year, the military opened fire on demonstrators in what has come to be known as the 8888 uprising (a partial list of victims is here).
		Myanmar is divided into seven divisions and seven myanmar states, based on the dominant ethnic groups.
	www.meteoroloo.com /Met-countries-m-r/Myanmar.html (1552 words)

	Foreign Affairs - Can Burma Reform? - Joshua Kurlantzick
		For other Myanmar experts, including many representatives of human rights groups, a junta that showers money on arms purchases and dubious nuclear programs while the economy rots, profits from money laundering linked to narcotics, commits monstrous human rights abuses, and breaks its promises to Suu Kyi is incapable of change.
		Although politics in Myanmar and international debate about the country have long been stalemated, the United States can foster some limited compromise between these two viewpoints without significantly boosting the legitimacy of the junta, known as the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).
		Moreover, although Myanmar is not vital to U.S. interests, its roles as one of the world's largest drug producers, the epicenter of HIV in Southeast Asia, and a source of significant regional instability make it deserving of attention.
	www.foreignaffairs.org /20021101faessay9998/joshua-kurlantzick/can-burma-reform.html?mode=print (573 words)

	CNN.com - Child soldiers in Myanmar's front line - June 15, 2001
		Myanmar won independence from Britain in 1948 and has been ruled by the military in various guises since 1962.
		While Myanmar's army has a compulsory recruitment age of 18 years old, many young children are being enlisted to fight in battles raging across the country.
		Myanmar's military has presided over a steadily weakening economy, as international investment has plunged and economic sanctions appear to have hurt the government and people alike.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/06/12/myanmar.childsoldiers (783 words)

	Myanmar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The name of the country was in 1989 and this change of name has officially recognized by the United Nations.
		Today many people Myanmar which is a derivative of the short-form name Myanma Naingngandaw regardless of their of the military government.
		Myanmar is divided into 7 divisions and states.
	www.freeglossary.com /Myanmar (664 words)

	Myanmar - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Union of Myanmar (also known as the Union of Burma by bodies and states who do not recognize the ruling military junta) is the largest country (in geographical area) in mainland Southeast Asia.
		During British colonisation, Myanmar was the wealthiest country in Southeast Asia and was believed to be on the fast track to development.
		Although a variety of indigenous cultures exist in Myanmar, the dominant culture is Bamar-based.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Myanmar (3354 words)

	Polity IV Country Report 2003: Myanmar (Burma) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		While most analysts believe that the military has embarked on a process of political liberalization, it is clear that all the generals remain convinced that only the army can guarantee the country's survival and seek to retain the influence of the military within government.
		The continued absence of electoral politics in Myanmar, along with the widespread violation of human rights, illustrates the weakness of the military's commitment to democratic competition.
		Many political observers believe that the top generals simply used the actions of the Ne Win family as a pretext to root out senior officers in the military who are resistant to political and economic reform.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Mya1.htm (1591 words)

	Macam-Macam: Myanmar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It must be hard for Myanmar's crusty generals to take, with a straight face, criticism for being undemocratic from nations like Singapore (one-party state), Malaysia (one-party state), Vietnam (one-party state), Thailand (one-man state), The Philippines (utterly corrupt) and Indonesia (refer to Philippines).
		Myanmar's military government has extended the house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi, the pro-democracy leader who has spent much of the last 16 years in detention, her political party said Monday.
		The sad but true state of affairs in world politics is that the greatest hope for people suffering under despotic regimes remains themselves.....and private citizens in foreign countries willing to stick their neck out and do the right thing when their governments won't.
	www.theswanker.com /macammacam/myanmar (2693 words)

	ipedia.com: Myanmar Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		However, some nations, such as the United States and United Kingdom, do not recognize this change of name, since they do not recognize the military government which instituted it.
		Aung San Suu Kyi, who was elected Prime Minister in 1990 yet prevented by military from taking office, has earned international praise as an activist for democratic rule to return to Myanmar.
		She has been repeatedly placed under house arrest, although in recent years the regime has been willing to enter partial negoiations with her and her party, the National League for Democracy.
	www.ipedia.com /myanmar.html (434 words)

	Asia Times: That sorry Myanmar sideshow
		Just passed is the tenth anniversary of Myanmar elections in which the NLD garnered an 80 percent majority of seats for parliament and the constitutional assembly.
		But Myanmar is a very poor country, still largely agrarian, and its very backwardness makes it less vulnerable to economic pressure even if seriously pursued.
		While widely derided in the West, we believe the policy of "constructive engagement" formulated by the Asean countries who have admitted Myanmar to their association is the only feasible one and the only one with any chance of success in helping effect change in the nation of 45 million people.
	www.atimes.com /editor/BI12Ba01.html (865 words)

	Politics
		Myanmar has been under the control of a military regime since 1962 when power was seized from a corrupt civilian government.
		It was unable to deal with both the threats of ethnic based resistance groups that looked to claim independence for their own states and a rise in communist based insurgency.
		The children of Myanmar are the biggest casualties of the political turmoil and bloodshed that has taken hold of the nation.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~lpafridi/classweb/pages/page4.htm (656 words)

	Macam-Macam: Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Given Indonesia's involvement with the World Bank will likely increase in the coming years - due in no small part to the impact of the tsunami - it may be an advantage to the nation to have someone at the helm who has some clue of how the country works.
		Unfortunately, Myanmar escapes with barely a rap on the knuckles for continued mistreatment of its own citizens, though Gloria Arroyo has asked for Aung San Suu Kyi to be freed.
		Perhaps the Sultan sees political reform as inevitable, that the people are finally waking up to the extravagances of the Royal Family and will want more say in their nation's direction.
	www.theswanker.com /macammacam/politics (8683 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Myanmar
		The Union of Myanmar, also known as Burma, is a country in Southeast Asia.
		The name Union of Myanmar is recognized by the United Nations, but several countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada refer to Myanmar as Burma.
		The regime is accused of having a poor human rights record, and the human rights situation in the country is a subject of concern for a wide number of international organizations.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Myanmar (833 words)

	Unocal in Myanmar (Burma) - The Story You Haven't Heard About NGOs and Myanmar
		A landmark agreement was signed between the Government of Myanmar and the International Labor Organization on March 19, 2002 to station an ILO Liaison Officer in that country as the first step toward setting up a permanent office there.
		The International Crisis Group, a Brussels based research organization, in April 2002 issued a report, "Myanmar: The Politics of Humanitarian Aid," which focuses on the need to increase "responsible" international aid efforts in Myanmar and offers considerable detail on the pressing social needs facing the country and the various NGO and UN assistance programs underway.
		The Museum, in partnership with the Myanmar Ministry of Forests, is developing a National Center for Botanical Exploration.
	www.unocal.com /myanmar/ngos.htm (582 words)

	MYANMAR EXAMINED (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1991, Myanmar became the focus of international attention and the target of U.S. sanctions when Aung, who had been placed under house arrest along with other leaders of the elected government, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
		When I started posting reports from Myanmar on my Web site (http://www.jimrogers.com), I received numerous e-mails from people who were furious that I was there, insisting that I was merely supporting the rule of the evil generals in charge.
		Myanmar is a primitive country, and thus it was all the more striking to observe that all the houses, however modest, were made of teak.
	www.dailyreckoning.com /Issues/2003/100203.html (2794 words)

	Myanmar and Burma travel and tourism information - the Official Website
		Myanmar is under the control of the State Peace and Development Council, (formerly the State Law and Order Restoration Committee, SLORC).
		States are named after and populated by each of the seven other major indigenous races in Myanmar.
		One of the 10 poorest countries in the world, according to UN figures, Myanmar is nevertheless rich in natural resources, with significant deposits of petroleum, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, limestone, precious stones, natural gas, oil, tin, gemstones, silver and coal.
	www.visit-mekong.com /myanmar/background/government.htm (368 words)

	Asia Times - News and analysis from throughout Southeast Asia
		Many Myanmar watchers viewed Khin Nyunt as a moderate based on his plans for the country - the most important of which was a seven-step roadmap toward democratic reform.
		Most of Myanmar's ambassadors have been recalled to Yangon, ostensibly for a formal briefing, but many of them - especially those aligned with Khin Nyunt and former foreign minister Win Aung - are not expected to return to their posts abroad.
		But a more likely explanation, according to Myanmar watchers, is an army purge by hardliners consolidating their grip on power and gobbling up their rivals' business empires in the process.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Southeast_Asia/FK18Ae04.html (1292 words)

	Myanmar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Main article: History of Myanmar Previously an independent kingdom, in 1886 Burma was annexed by the British Empire to the colony of India.
		Main article: Politics of Myanmar Burma has been under military rule since 1988.
		Main article: Administrative divisions of Myanmar Myanmar is divided into 7 divisions and 7 states.
	www.aseannewsnetwork.de /articles/content/m/my/myanmar.html (445 words)

	CNN.com In-Depth Specials - Myanmar: the politics of compromise
		Myanmar, formely known as Burma, has been under military rule since a coup in 1962.
		The celebrations come amid signs of warming relations between the NLD and the government, with the release of NLD detainees, the opening of its offices and further landmark talks with Aung San Suu Kyi.
		The developments are credited to secret negotiations that began last October between military leaders and Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under house arrest in Myanmar's capital Yangon.
	edition.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2001/myanmar (217 words)

	Burma Politics (Myanmar)
		Up until the coup of 1948, Myanmar followed the guidelines of its constitution regarding governance.
		Until its suspension by a military coup in 1988, the new constitution was the basis for the government.
		When the elections did take place in 1990, the SLORC was soundly defeated but refused to turn over control of the government to the incumbent civilian party until they had written a new constitution.
	www.asianinfo.org /asianinfo/myanmar/pro-politics.htm (295 words)

	Chin Human Rights Organization - CHRO - Myanmar: The Politics of Humanitarian Aid
		Over time, however, as the political stalemate has continued and data on the socio-economic conditions in the country have improved, there has been a growing recognition that the political crisis is paralleled by a humanitarian crisis that requires more immediate and direct international attention.
		Accept that it is not necessary to choose between promoting political change and supporting social development in Myanmar: both strategies need to be part of an integral effort to create stability and improve social welfare.
		Take care that other political tools are wielded with due consideration to their humanitarian and human rights impact — and, for that purpose, commission an impact assessment of all existing and potential future sanctions by a neutral body of economic and development experts.
	www.chro.org /index.php/scholar_section/47 (1020 words)

	CNN.com Specials
		Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has been under military rule since a coup in 1962.
		Aung San Suu Kyi, who had endured 19 months of house arrest and some form of detention for 12 years before her release last year, has again been detained by the military regime.
		Her latest detention has instigated a global outcry, with the international community once again left to wait and see just how serious the junta is about implementing any degree of political change.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2003/myanmar (122 words)

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