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Year	Cover Story (35)	Online Commentary (174)	Article (27)
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2011	-	-	-
2010	Did the NLD Make a Blunder? April, 2	Cyclone Than Shwe Hits Naypyidaw August, 25 Coup Is Possible if Regime Party Doesn't Win August, 11 Burmese Whistle Blowers Need Safe Passage June, 16 Webb's Mission a Lost Cause? June, 11 Home from Home for Wen Jiabao June, 3 Letter from Hong Kong—A meeting between East and West May, 10 Game Over? No, Not Yet May, 7 Bomb Proof April, 21 Is This a Dagger Which I See Before Me? April, 7 Hypocrisy Replaces Hope after the NLD Decision March, 31 Suu Kyi Gives Than Shwe a Smart Sidekick March, 25 Than Shwe Mulls his Future Role March, 19 The Election Law: Not So Free and Fair March, 10 Burma-North Korea Ties Pose a New Headache for US March, 3 No Escape from the 31 Planes of Existence February, 24 Burma's Burning Ring of Cease-fires February, 10 How to Select a UN Special Envoy? February, 3 Than Shwe and the Waiting Game January, 27 You've Got Mail, Than Shwe! January, 13 Letter from Kathmandu January, 6	-
2009	Asia’s ‘Axis of Evil’ Flexes Its Muscles June, 23	Oslo's Message for Burma December, 16 Selection Time Precedes Election Time in Burma December, 14 One-sided Engagement Won't Work December, 3 One-sided Engagement Won't Work December, 3 Climate Change and Aung San Suu Kyi November, 13 Time to Inject Pragmatism November, 2 Playing With Super Powers October, 28 The World is not Flat October, 26 The Message from Oslo October, 14 Chicken in the Basket October, 7 Engaging Naypyidaw September, 25 No Big Change Expected in US Policy on Burma September, 23 Don’t Dance Until You Hear the Tune September, 16 Brothers at Arm's Length September, 2 No Turning Back August, 27 Than Shwe Vindicated Again August, 12 Suu Kyi Escapes Prison Sentence, but is Still Isolated August, 11 Burma Must Make Clear its Nuclear Ambitions August, 3 All Talk, No Traction July, 25 Clinton’s Burma Message July, 22 Beijing’s Burma Agenda July, 15 Cost what it May, Ban Ki-moon Must Go to Burma June, 18 The Message from the Lion State June, 10 Constructive Non-interference? June, 3 Than Shwe Is the Real Prisoner, not Suu Kyi May, 27 Yettaw Isn’t the Only Fool in this Bizarre Affair May, 20 The Lady, a 'Fool' and a Crazy Dictator May, 15 Suu Kyi’s Stalker Swimmer May, 13 No Room for Wishful Thinking in Sanctions Debate May, 6 Crossing the Great Divide April, 29 Than Shwe’s Empty Well April, 22 Burmese Join in Praise for Abhisit’s Crisis Strategy April, 17 Than Shwe’s Selective Diplomacy Demands Caution March, 18 The D’s that could Determine a Viable Burma Policy March, 11 Asean Must Now Face Up to Burma Issues February, 25 Does US Plan Greater Engagement with Burmese Regime? February, 18 A Failed Mission February, 4 Burmese Hear an Echo of Their Own Hopes in Obama January, 21 Abhisit Needs to Set a New Course on Burma January, 14	-
2008	Independence Lost January, 3	The Stories We Missed in 2008 December, 31 Than Shwe, Voodoo and the Number 11 December, 25 These Shoes Are Made for More than Walkin’ December, 19 Isolation or Engagement? It’s Than Shwe’s Choice December, 15 No Laughing Matter November, 27 Reading Than Shwe’s Disturbed Mind November, 19 The Strange World of Burma’s Home Affairs Minister October, 2 Than Shwe’s Gambit September, 25 The Generals Go Cyber? September, 19 The Burmese Regime’s Cyber Offensive September, 18 Burma Watches Thai Politics September, 11 It’s a Process Perhaps, but a Failed One August, 28 Meeting President Bush August, 11 Bush and Burma August, 1 Water Buffalo and Beautiful Music July, 24 Burmese Needs Divide the Aid Industry July, 10 An Alternative Road Map is Needed Now July, 3 Shwe Mann: Soon to be Burma’s Top Gun? June, 27 The Tatmadaw Exposed June, 22 Did Nargis Baptize Asean? June, 19 ‘No Warships Please, We’re Burmese’ June, 3 Looking for a Happy Ending? Read the New Light May, 29 The Prisoner Who Won’t Go Away May, 26 Nargis's Numbers Game May, 22 The Perfect Storm May, 15 Did Nargis Shake Fear into Burma’s Leaders? May, 12 Black Saturday May, 11 UN Disappoints Many in Burma April, 24 Burmese Friends of Thailand March, 20 Samak’s 'Flashback' Visit to Burma March, 17 A Fight for a Free Burma March, 13 Why an Independent Media Matters in Burma March, 10 No Way, Than Shwe February, 28 Will Mahn Sha’s Killers Ever Be Brought to Justice? February, 23 Gambari’s Mission is Dead in the Water February, 20 Burma’s Referendum Ambush February, 13 The Trouble with Number 8 February, 6 A Fight for Dignity January, 30 Seeking the Truth, Informing the Public January, 23 Living Uncertainly in Exile January, 16 Burma Faces More of the Same in 2008 January, 9	-
2007	The Lady Fights On April, 3 The Moral Minefield February, 2	Ups and Downs in 2007 December, 20 Gambari's Job: Keep the Spotlight on Burma December, 14 Armed Intervention Debate Goes Online November, 28 Will the Golden Land be Broken into Nuggets? November, 21 Decoding Aung San Suu Kyi’s Statement November, 9 Capital Punishment in Naypyidaw November, 6 Keeping up the Momentum on Burma November, 3 Than Shwe: The Man in the Iron Mask October, 31 Burma’s Potemkin Village October, 26 Let Us Hear from Aung San Suu Kyi October, 24 Burma’s Diplomatic Offensive October, 8 Cloud of Pessimism Hangs Over Burma October, 4 Burma Information Blackout: The Media War October, 2 Letting Go of the Tiger’s Tail September, 24 The Longest Coup: Did China Plan to Invade Burma in 1988? September, 18 Monks’ Boycott Looms as Regime Withholds Apology September, 17 Many Firsts with China September, 14 Burmese Monks in Revolt September, 11 Gambari Must Now Prove His Effectiveness September, 7 The Day That Jim Carrey Didn’t Crack a Joke September, 3 The Regime Can’t Kill the Spirit of 1988 August, 31 The Regime’s Violent Path to a 'Flourishing Democracy' August, 30 Politics, Not Rising Prices, Are Behind the Protests August, 24 Burma’s Road to Reform Runs through China August, 3 “Free Suu Kyi” Campaign Falls on Deaf Ears Commentary) May, 15 Birds of a Feather (Commentary) April, 30 No Longer As Smooth As Silk (Online Commentary) January, 17 A House on Fire January, 15	Tay Za: Burma’s Fading Business Tycoon? November, 12 Tay Za: A Targeted Sanction Hits the Bulls-eye October, 26 Meeting the Old Spirit of ‘88 August, 8 Suspicion Hardens over Burma’s Nuclear Ambitions (Article) May, 25 All is Not Well at the Top (Article) May, 22 Than Shwe Looks Healthy on Demanding Inspection Tour April, 25 Dusty Naypyidaw’s Charm Offensive (Special Feature) April, 3 The Changing Face of Mae Sot, Thailand’s “Little Burma” (Online Article) March, 30 KNU Faces Daunting Task (Online Article) March, 29 Burma’s Generals Show Their Age (Online Article) March, 12 A Dictator’s Balancing Act (Online Article) February, 23 The Great Poet Is Dead But Not Forgiven (Online Article) January, 26 The Great Poet Is Dead But Not Forgiven January, 26
2006	Behold a New Empire October, N/A	Tangled Ties (Online Commentary) November, 9 ‘It’s the military, stupid…’ (Online Commentary) November, 1 It Takes Two to Tango (Online Commentary) June, 19 Maung Aye Confounds Those Who Wrote Him Off (Online Commentary) June, 1 Keep Those Fingers Crossed (Online Commentary) May, 24 The Burmese Regime’s Curious Change of Heart (Online Commentary) May, 22 Correct Move? You Bet (Online Commentary) May, 20	Junta Welcomes “Anti-American” Al Jazeera TV Team November, 21 Thaksin’s Mystery Trip (Online Commentary) August, 3 Pie in the Sky August, N/A Burma’s North Korea Connection (View Point) August, N/A Burma Conference in Singapore a Success July, 18 Burma’s ‘Brokeback’ Journalists (Online Feature) June, 8 Bizarre Night Bazaar June, N/A A Burmese Spy Comes in from the Cold June, N/A Reports of Major Military Reshuffle Emerge from Royal City May, 17 Burma’s Breakthrough Hijacked (Special Feature) May, 8
2005	The Politics of Peace November, N/A Burma’s business czars tread a wary path September, 21 Than Shwe—Man in the Iron Mask February, N/A	Time to Break the Chains of Oppression (Online Commentary) December, 6 Burma’s Doddering Despot (Online Commentary) November, 28 Burma’s Asean Decision Alters Nothing (Online Commentary) July, 27 Khin Nyunt: Maybe Insein’s the Right Place (Commentary) June, 13 How Ridiculous Can They Get? (Commentary) May, 16 Rice’s ‘Tyranny’ Statement Fires Hope and Enthusiasm (Commentary) January, 21 In the Aftermath of the Tsunami (Commentary) January, 7 Tsunami: Why did Burma get off so Lightly? (Commentary) January, 5	-
2004	One Down, Two to Go October, N/A The Chinese Conundrum July, N/A Celluloid Disillusions March, 1 Borderline Friends February, 1 2004: A 'Busy Year' for Burma, or More Blather? January, 1	Burma without Khin Nyunt November, 15 The Talk of the Town November, 9 One Down, Two to Go October, 21 Khin Nyunt, the Man to Watch June, 4 Constitution-drafting from the Concentration Camp May, 19 Calling the Kettle Black May, 7 The Lady Waits April, 21 Sein Lwin 'The Butcher of Rangoon' Dies in Poverty April, 12	Independence Hero Aung San: His Integrity is Sorely Needed June, 1
2003	Thaksin and the Tyrants November, 1 Than Shwe: Burma’s Strongman? January, 1	Burma ’s Yadaya Battle October, 7 The Junta’s Colorful Apologist September, 25 Drugs and Politics Do Go Together July, 25 Asean Must Stand Up to Burma July, 23 Sanctions Alone Won’t Work June, 16 Internal Clash in the Tatmadaw: June, 6 Another Dark Day in Burma June, 1 Old Adversaries, New Friends March, 25 From Watchdog to Lapdog March, 18	-
2002	AND THE BAND PLAYED ON September, 1 Cracking down on Burmese Dissidents Will Send the Wrong Message August, 14 The Mahathir Touch June, 1 Suspicious Neighbors: Neither Friend Nor Foe May, 1 Thaksin’s Border Blues May, 1 2007: A Burmese Political Odyssey April, 1 The KNU: To Cease Fire, or Not to Cease Fire? March, 1 The AIDS Embargo January, 1	Saying No to Burma’s Druglords November, 30 No Fanfare Preceding Razali Visit November, 8 Responsibility for Bombs Lies with the Junta November, 5 Generals Ignore Simmering Social Unrest September, 2 Reshuffle For Whose Sake? August, 6 Behind Maung Aye’s Visit: The Same Old Ambivalence April, 24 Who is Maung Aye? April, 24 Is Burma Ready for a Post Ne Win Era? March, 13	-
2001	With Friends Like These . . . December, 1 The Aid Game December, 1 Drugs, Generals and Neighbors June, 1 Burmese Feel That Sanctions Must Stay May, 1 Pushing the Envelope February, 1 Pushing the Envelope February, 1 Victims or Players? February, 1 Crossing the Line January, 1	In the Wake of Terror, the World’s Fears Begin September, 15 Megawati Visit Underlines Burma’s Political Stagnation August, N/A The Junta's Deception June, N/A Chavalit Looking Forward to Returning to the Past April, 11	-
2000	Human Security in Burma October, 1 Crossing the Line August, 1 The NLD : Victor or Victim? May, 1	-	-

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