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Myanmars business leaders are supporting Aung San Suu Kyis plan to resettle Rohingya refugees and to rebuild Rakhine State. Last August, Rohingya militant attacks on the police caused a military response that sent more than 650,000 Rohingya fleeing i

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By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 19 September 2007 Hundreds of monks have marched through several cities in Burma for a second day this week, protesting the country's military leadership. VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from our Southeast Asia bureau in Bangkok. T

2007年VOA标准英语-Six Thais Charged After Violent Anti-Coup Prote

By Roger Wilkison Bangkok 23 July 2007 Thai police have arrested and charged six people following a protest against last year's military coup that turned violent Sunday night, and they say more arrests are likely. From Bangkok, Roger Wilkison reports

VOA常速英语2008年-Burma's Junta Leader Says He May Relinquish Pow

By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 27 March 2008 The head of Burma's military junta, General Than Shwe, says he intends to give up control of the government to whoever wins elections in 2010. However, members of the opposition in Burma doubt the military will a

2006年VOA标准英语-Thai Military Coup Leaders Set up Powerful Anti

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PBS高端访谈:反对军政府的阿根廷诗人逝世

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VOA常速英语2008年-Congressman Tom Lantos, Holocaust Survivor, Dea

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泰国军方扣留前内阁部长

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China welcomes progress in Mali's constitutional crisis

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Japan's antinuclear Tomorrow Party splits into two groups

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Mali Rebels Gain Ground in North

Separatist Tuareg rebels in Mali attacked the northern garrison town of Gao on Saturday, one day after taking the town of Kidal. The advances come as the military government scrambles to avoid sanctions by the regional bloc ECOWAS. Residents of Gao t

CNN 2008-05-06

From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Nicole Lapin. Here are some headlines in NOW IN THE NEWS. First lady Laura Bush is calling on Myanmar's military rulers to accept aid from the US and from the rest of the world. The State Department says that the

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YANGONMyanmar President Thein Sein has congratulated opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy Party (NLD) for their apparent landslide victory in this week's parliamentary elections over the military-backed Union Solid

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But Dhammakaya has fierce opponents both within the Buddhist establishment and outside it. 但是Dhammakaya在佛教内部和外部都有强劲的对手。 Critics denounce it as a cult that peddles wacky theology, and warn that it misleads wealthy u