Burma regime set to transfer power

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Burma regime set to transfer power

Published: 29/03/2011 at 09:58 PM
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Burma will swear in its new president within two days, paving the way for the imminent transfer of power from the ruling junta to a nominally civilian government, officials said Tuesday.

Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein speaks during the 5th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) summit in 2010. Myanmar will swear in its new president within two days, paving the way for the imminent transfer of power from the ruling junta to a nominally civilian government, officials have told AFP.

Prime Minister Thein Sein, who shed his army uniform to contest controversial elections last year, was named in February for the top job in the new parliament, where the military retains a stranglehold on power.

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Discussion 2 : 30/03/2011 at 02:46 AM2
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Wat a joke.
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Discussion 1 : 29/03/2011 at 10:08 PM1
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So if the Junta take off their uniform and pretend to have an election where ono one can actually chose who they want nothing has really changed except for clothing .If you take a leopards spots its still a leopard .The Junta is fooling no one .I hope the people of Burma will get rid of this repressive regime .
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