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...months after Suu Kyi's incarceration, ASEAN has finally decided to send a delegation to Rangoon to press for her release, though it set no definite timetable for the visit. "We want them to speed up the political transition to a democratic government," said Ople...
...present government, preferring to act with forbearance, and on the basis of give and take, have always chosen to take action in moderation." Though few Burmese find the articles believable, many find them entertaining. "Some of the stories they told were so foolish, it was funny," says one Rangoon resident. Comedy is easy; freedom is hard...
...them, stripping women, splitting open skulls. When the bloodletting subsided, 40 to 80 of Suu Kyi's supporters lay dead. Soldiers carted her off, along with Tin Oo and 17 youth members of her party, to an unknown destination, though some reports place her in a military base near Rangoon...
...riots occurred last Friday during her trip to the northern town of Yaway Oo. Govern-ment spokesmen stated that Suu Kyi, who had been released from house arrest in May 2002, was in "protective custody" along with 17 other NLD leaders. Police also sealed off the NLD headquarters in Rangoon...
...because of hints the European Union and the U.S. were considering broadening economic sanctions against the regime. Burma's banking system is already near collapse, prices for rice and other essentials are spiraling higher and government harassment of the opposition is on the increase. But as a diplomat in Rangoon conceded, the generals have so little contact with outsiders that "none of us really know the reasons behind the decisions." Few in Rangoon expect, however, that Razali's visit will move the long-promised reform process forward. Even in a miserable economic climate, the junta is buying time...