Reuters - U.S. hopeful on Myanmar sanctions but action may be slow

Reuters – Myanmar shows little sign of economic miracle despite reforms
Reuters – As Myanmar opens, hoteliers see prospects

AFP – Pakistan president honours Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
AP – Myanmar minister says no going back on reforms
ANI – Myanmar hopes to usher in [...]

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Reuters AlertNet – Myanmar military fuels forced labour, sexual violence -HRW
CNN – Pakistani president Zardari to visit Myanmar, Suu Kyi
IBNLive.com – Our security interests are intertwined with Myanmar: Krishna
ANI – India, Myanmar resolves to strengthen cooperation in border issues
Calcutta News.Net – India to support democratisation of Myanmar
Press Information Bureau (press [...]

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AFP – Suu Kyi becomes key to complex Myanmar politics
AFP – Rights report highlights Myanmar ethnic abuses
AFP – US ‘pleased’ with Myanmar reforms progress
AFP – Investors aim to reap benefits of Myanmar reforms
AP – Generation 88 activists back Myanmar’s reform path
AP – EU agrees to ease Myanmar sanctions
Reuters – EU [...]

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Reuters – Insight: Freed prisoners add momentum, risks to Myanmar reform
AP – Myanmar president says no turning back on reforms
AP – Myanmar holds new cease-fire talks with Kachin
AP – Report: Myanmar stops snake smuggling attempt
AFP – Myanmar election fever grips Suu Kyi party
AFP – Myanmar eyes more talks with Kachin [...]

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AFP – Myanmar’s Suu Kyi launches bid for parliament
AP – Ethnic Shan leader in Myanmar to re-register party
AP – Myanmar holds new cease-fire talks with Kachin
Reuters – Myanmar holds peace talks with Kachin state rebels
Reuters – Lifting Myanmar sanctions in play if April vote fair: McCain
Reuters – UPDATE 1-Thai PTT [...]

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Please find attached EBO’s 2nd 2012 Political Monitor report.
PMNo.1-11-01-12
All Political and Election Monitors as well as other information on the 2010 elections can be found on EBO’s Elections Page.
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AP – Suu Kyi registers for seat in Myanmar’s Parliament
AFP – Myanmar’s Suu Kyi launches bid for parliament
AFP – Myanmar old guard adapt to new life as lawmakers
BusinessWeek – Myanmar Buoyed by $8.6 Billion Port as Sanctions Abate: Freight
Bloomberg – Myanmar Feeds Asia Trade With $8.6 Billion Port as U.S. [...]

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AFP – Top US Senate Republican upbeat on Myanmar reform
AFP – Myanmar army told ‘no attacks’ in conflict areas
AFP – French FM meets Myanmar leader to gauge reforms
AP – Philippines seeks lifting of Myanmar sanctions
UPI – Rare monkey photographed in Myanmar
NPR – Foreign Policy: Burma’s Gorbachev
GlobalPost – Despite reforms, ethnic minorities [...]

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AP – US senator praise Myanmar reforms, calls for more
AP – Crowds greet famous Myanmar activist after release
AFP – US to restore ties with Myanmar
AFP – French FM meets Myanmar leader to gauge reforms
Reuters – Myanmar says 302 political prisoners freed in amnesty
UN News Centre – Myanmar: UN rights expert welcomes [...]

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AP – Myanmar frees many prominent political prisoners
AP – Senate GOP leader to visit Myanmar
AP – US to send ambassador to Myanmar, upgrading ties
CP – Myanmar frees many prominent political prisoners, step sought by West before lifting sanctions
Reuters – Myanmar frees more political prisoners
Reuters – Obama orders more steps to “build [...]

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AP – Myanmar says 651 convicts to be freed under pardon
Reuters – Myanmar signs ceasefire to end 62-year ethnic conflict
Reuters – U.S. business executives to visit Myanmar
Reuters – China energy trader eyes $2.5 bln Myanmar refinery
The Nation – Ital-Thai ready to change fuel supply in Burma plant
Bangkok Post – Opinion: [...]

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AP – US envoy: Myanmar weak against human trafficking
Reuters – Gates, U.S. corporate captains to visit Myanmar
Reuters UK – Thai PTT interested in investing in Dawei power plant
AFP – Key US lawmaker heads to Myanmar
ALertNet – Conflict-hit Myanmar needs urgent humanitarian aid –Refugees International
The Guardian – Burma donors urged to lift [...]

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Happy new year from Euro-Burma Office!
Please find attached EBO’s 1st 2012 Political Monitor report.
All Political and Election Monitors as well as other information on the 2010 elections can be found on EBO’s Elections Page.
PMNo.1-11-01-12
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Brisbane Times – Opinion: In Burma, a general election really means the generals’ election
AP – Myanmar’s Suu Kyi confirms run for parliament seat
AFP – Myanmar cancels coal plant after opposition: official
Reuters – Jubilant to invest $80 million in Myanmar oil and gas block
CNN – U.S. officials to meet with Myanmar opposition [...]

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AP – Australia eases sanctions against Myanmar
AP – Reports: Myanmar cancels planned coal power plant
AFP – Top US officials on Clinton ‘follow up’ in Myanmar
Reuters – Myanmar army chief visits Thailand, Dawei project in focus
Reuters – Asian firms in pole as Myanmar beckons
Asia Times Online – A decommissioned inquiry on [...]

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Asian Correspondent – Kachin rebels shot down government’s copter as Burma Army continues war
Reuters – Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, UK’s Hague in tune on sanctions
Reuters – Exclusive – Myanmar awards onshore oil, gas blocks
AP – Britain’s Hague says Myanmar needs more reforms
AFP – Hague calls for new Myanmar era
AFP – EU to [...]

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AP – Suu Kyi tells AP: Myanmar army could block reforms
AP – UK’s Hague arrives in Myanmar to urge reforms
AP – Myanmar approves Suu Kyi’s party for election
AFP – Suu Kyi predicts full democracy in Myanmar
Reuters – UK to respond positively to more Myanmar reforms
RTT News – UK Urges Myanmar [...]

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Reuters – Myanmar freed only 12 political prisoners, group says
Reuters – U.S. says Myanmar move on prison terms insufficient
Reuters – S’pore-listed Yoma shares jump on Myanmar expansion plan
AFP – Myanmar president reaffirms army role
AP – Myanmar’s president calls for national unity
Asian Correspondent – Burma follows previous junta’s policy to [...]

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