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Taking the Message of Open Government to Burma

Francis Maude | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Transparency, Francis Maude, Open Government, Burma, Freedom of Speech, Aung San Suu Kyi, Thein Sein, Human Rights, Ogp, Millennium Development Goals, G8, Democracy, UK Politics News
Francis Maude

Let's be honest. Burma isn't the first country that comes to mind when one talks about open government. Yet despite its ongoing challenges, Burma has made huge strides towards reform and openness in the past few years.

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Spitfires Buried In Burma During WWII Could Return To The Skies

PA | Posted 14.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Thein Sein, UK News, Earl Mountbatten, Burma, Second World War, David Cameron, UK Politics, Raf, Spitfire, UK News

Twenty "lost" Spitfires that were buried in Burma during the Second World War could return to the skies, it has been revealed. David Cameron and Bu...

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'Historic Visit': Cameron Arrives In Burma

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.04.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Aung San Suu Kyi, UK News, Thein Sein, William Hague, David Cameron, David Cameron Burma, UK Politics News

David Cameron arrived in Burma today in what is believed to be the first visit to the former colony by a British prime minister. Upon his arrival t...

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Burma's Tortured Prisoners Can't Wait

Bo Kyi | Posted 30.10.2011 | UK
Read More: Aung San Suu Kyi, Political Prisoners, Thein Sein, Bo Kyi, Burmese-Political-Prisoners, Resolution on Burma, Burma, UK News
Bo Kyi

The recent meeting between Aung San Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein, the new dictator of Burma, has given many in Burma some hope that there may be a chance of political progress at last.

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