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    Military minefields blocking transition to democracy

    Spectrum, Published on 09/12/2012

    » The term ''irreversible transformation'' is popular these days with Myanmar's former military generals who use it at international roadshows, but as the Latpadaung copper mine unrest shows, the transformation may be largely superficial. When protests at the mine led by monks and local activists were brutally broken up by the government late last month, injuring more than 50 protesters, it was stark proof of military's lingering dominance. The unrest also highlights concerns over political and economic ties between the Myanmar military and the Chinese government. The Latpadaung copper mine project is a joint venture between the Chinese-owned Wanbao Mining Company and the Union of Myanmar Economic Holding Company (UMEH), which not coincidentally is run by former military officers.

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    Myanmar sorry for monks' mine protest injuries

    AFP, Published on 08/12/2012

    » Myanmar's government has apologised to senior Buddhist clerics over injuries sustained by monks in a police crackdown on a rally at a Chinese-backed copper mine, state media said Saturday.

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    Copper mine protests will test the limits of reforms

    News, Published on 06/12/2012

    » Myanmar's reformist government is under fire for its brutal crackdown on peaceful protests against the copper mining project in Monywa, Sagaing Division. The police action, which left several monks seriously injured, has enraged the Myanmar public. Far from crushing resistance to the project, it has set the stage for even more intense opposition.

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    Multilateralism key to Asean's success

    News, Chayut Setboonsarng, Published on 06/12/2012

    » The induction of China's fifth generation of leaders has observers around the world anticipating how the Xi-Li administration will settle and what effect its new policies will have. For Asean, it is likely that policy and attitude will stay the course.

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    Frustration foments in Rangoon's slums despite reforms

    AFP, Published on 05/12/2012

    » Myanmar's trumpeted reforms are yet to trickle down to Rangoon's poor, rubbish-strewn slums where experts say residents' frustrations could turn ugly if the benefits of change are not felt soon.

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    Saffron Revolution leader 'rearrested'

    Published on 04/12/2012

    » YANGON - A former Buddhist monk freed from a 63-year jail sentence for his role in Myanmar’s 2007 democracy uprising has been rearrested and sent back to prison.

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    Two arrested at Myanmar mine rally

    AFP, Published on 02/12/2012

    » YANGON : At least two people were arrested at a Sunday rally held in Yangon to condemn a violent police crackdown on protesters at a Chinese-backed copper mine, an activist and a reporter said.

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    Protest crackdown needs quick inquiry

    News, Published on 02/12/2012

    » The Myanmar government's sudden and brutal crackdown on protesters Thursday at a copper mine in the Letpadaung Mountains in the northwest part of the country which injured dozens of people, including more than 20 Buddhist monks, is rightly drawing condemnation from around the world. As monks marched in Yangon and Mandalay yesterday and rights groups called for an official inquiry, it is not an overstatement to say that what happens next can be viewed as a test of the Myanmar government's commitment to basic mechanisms of democratic governance.

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    Suu Kyi to lead Myanmar copper mine probe

    AFP, Published on 01/12/2012

    » Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will lead a probe into a crackdown on a protest against a Chinese-backed copper mine which will also assess the future of the contested project, the president's office said on Saturday.

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    Suu Kyi demands apology for mine violence

    Published on 01/12/2012

    » MONYWA, Myanmar - Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has demanded an apology for monks hurt in a violent police crackdown at a Chinese copper mine protest, after she held talks with the two sides.

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