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	<title>Democracy Digest &#187; Democratic Voice of Burma</title>
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		<title>Burma is not North Korea</title>
		<link>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/regions/asia/burma-is-not-north-korea.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demdigest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Endowment for Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aung Zaw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Voice of Burma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burma&#8217;s military junta has long been recognized as a menace to its own people, writes Aung Zaw, recent revelations of its nuclear aspirations suggest that it is “emerging as a threat to the rest of the region.”
He fears that the “muted response” to a report by the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), a grantee of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asia&#8217;s autocratic axis threatens democratic India, analysis suggests</title>
		<link>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/regions/asias-autocratic-axis-threatens-democratic-india-analysis-suggests.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/regions/asias-autocratic-axis-threatens-democratic-india-analysis-suggests.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demdigest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burma VJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burma’s Nuclear Ambitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burma’s secret nuclear collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burma’s secret nuclear program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Voice of Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Endowment for Democracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent revelations of Burma’s secret nuclear program highlights the threat of an emerging autocratic axis in the heart of Asia, according to a new analysis from a leading Indian think-tank.
Democratic India should be concerned at the Burma-North Korea-China troika, the non-partisan Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses suggests.
China’s economic interests probably play a larger role [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burma&#8217;s astrology-driven generals seek nuclear-driven program</title>
		<link>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/regions/burmas-astrology-driven-generals-seek-nuclear-driven-program.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/regions/burmas-astrology-driven-generals-seek-nuclear-driven-program.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demdigest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burma VJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burma's Nuclear Ambitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Voice of Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Endowment for Democracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The “brutal, paranoid, and astrology-driven generals who run Burma really are just as wasteful and incompetent as they appear to be from the outside,” writes Christian Caryl over at Foreign Policy.
He’s discussing a new documentary &#8211; Burma&#8217;s Nuclear Ambitions – from Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), the exiled nongovernmental organization that brought us the Oscar-nominated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Dramatic surge&#8217; in democracy assistance should feature in new approach to Burma</title>
		<link>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/regions/asia/dramatic-surge-in-democracy-assistance-should-feature-in-new-approach-to-burma.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 09:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Allen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Endowment for Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dictatorships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[promoting democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sanctions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constructive engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyclone Nargis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daw Aung San Suu Kyi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Voice of Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Than Shwe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National League for Democracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As Burma&#8217;s democrats contest their dissolution and the head of the military junta warns of alien saboteurs conspiring against the forthcoming election, analysts and advocacy groups are calling for a more assertive response from democratic states, including the Association of South-East Asian Nations.
In this weekend’s May Day address, General Than Shwe demanded that citizens &#8220;ward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The only change in Burma will come from outside?</title>
		<link>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/regions/the-only-change-in-burma-will-come-from-outside.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/regions/the-only-change-in-burma-will-come-from-outside.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demdigest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bo Kyi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burma elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Voice of Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fédération Internationale de des Ligues de Droits de l'Homme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ko Bo Kyi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[promoting democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[promoting democracy in Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Movement for Democracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[However Burma’s forthcoming elections are conducted, the ruling junta’s constitution will perpetuate military rule, a new analysis confirms.
The armed forces will occupy a quarter of parliamentary seats and be given control of three key ministries. They will also retain a veto over proposed constitutional amendments and keep a power base in a National Defense and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burma&#8217;s generals adopt civilian garb in latest faux democracy move</title>
		<link>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/regions/burmas-generals-adopt-civilian-garb-in-latest-faux-democracy-move.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/regions/burmas-generals-adopt-civilian-garb-in-latest-faux-democracy-move.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demdigest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Voice of Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democratization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jared Genser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National League for Democracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Leading figures in Burma’s military junta are swapping their uniforms for civilian clothes in the latest maneuver of the regime’s supposed democratization process.
&#8220;So far as I heard, about 20 ministers &#8230; and some deputy ministers will officially give up their military positions effective this week,&#8221; a government official told Reuters.
&#8220;It&#8217;s just part of the military&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burma: junta&#8217;s charm offensive cuts little ice</title>
		<link>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/regions/asia/burma-juntas-charm-offensive-cuts-little-ice.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/regions/asia/burma-juntas-charm-offensive-cuts-little-ice.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Allen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Endowment for Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[authoritarianism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of expression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[promoting democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burma VJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Voice of Burma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Sadly, Burma VJ didn’t win the Oscar for best documentary. The film features covertly filmed footage of the 1988 Saffron Revolution filmed by a small group of video journalists &#8212; the &#8220;VJs&#8221; of the film&#8217;s title &#8212; working the Oslo-based exile group Democratic Voice of Burma, a grantee of the National Endowment for Democracy.
 But it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burma VJ highlights &#8216;unpleasant paradox&#8217; of democrats&#8217; struggle</title>
		<link>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/democracy-assistance/burma-vj-highlights-unpleasant-paradox-of-democrats-struggle.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/democracy-assistance/burma-vj-highlights-unpleasant-paradox-of-democrats-struggle.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Allen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Endowment for Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autocrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Voice of Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saffron revolution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Never mind Avatar, George Clooney and that bomb-disposal team in the Iraq war. A grantee of the National Endowment for Democracy could be the star of this week’s Oscars, writes Christian Caryl over at Foreign Policy.
Burma VJ, a favorite for best documentary, features covertly filmed footage of the 1988 Saffron Revolution filmed by a small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And the Oscar goes to&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/national-endowment-for-democracy/and-the-oscar-goes-to.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/national-endowment-for-democracy/and-the-oscar-goes-to.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Allen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National Endowment for Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[color revolutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[promoting democracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burma VJ has been nominated for an Oscar in the 2010 Academy Awards. The film is considered to be a front-runner in the race for the Best Documentary. 
The documentary features the work of an underground network of video journalists which smuggled footage of Burma’s 2007 saffron revolution to the outside world. The network is supported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outrage at Burma jail sentence</title>
		<link>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/national-endowment-for-democracy/outrage-at-burma-jail-sentence.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.demdigest.net/blog/national-endowment-for-democracy/outrage-at-burma-jail-sentence.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Allen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Endowment for Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of expression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Voice of Burma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Media advocacy groups are appalled by the 20-year jail sentence imposed on Hla Hla Win, a freelance video reporter working with Democratic Voice of Burma, a grantee of the National Endowment for Democracy.
“People had been expecting signs of an opening and goodwill gestures from the military junta in this election year, but this extremely severe [...]]]></description>
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