Burmese President Thein Sein has urged Western countries to scrap all sanctions against his country.
Yet it would also remove the only credible interlocutors available to China and the Burmese junta.
So did Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, whose city is home to a sizeable Burmese population.
Officials told the BBC Burmese service that three wagons overturned and burst into flames.
Keeping the Burmese army tolerating, if not necessarily backing, political reform is a delicate balancing act.
The mine at Monywa is jointly owned by a Chinese company and the Burmese military.
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No one from the Burmese government was available to comment immediately on the report.
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Movers have crated the Ming dynasty furniture and sculpture and the Thai and Burmese Buddhas.
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Burmese president Thein Sein is scheduled to make a five-day visit to Japan this weekend.
At his peak he commanded some 20, 000 men, with better weapons than the Burmese army.
And some of the independent Burmese groups that emerged to help cyclone survivors are still active.
Ultimately, Burma's reforms will succeed or fail based on the efforts of the Burmese people themselves.
This story of the Burmese pythons seems like an appropriate metaphor for our time.
He is said to see the Burmese cyclone as the defining crisis of his tenure.
If that happens, it may prove to be a pyrrhic victory for the Burmese high command.
Burmese pythons, which can grow up to 23ft (7m) long, eat small mammals, birds and alligators.
The Florida Everglades are reeling from an explosion in the number of deadly Burmese pythons.
On Friday, many of the college girls were dressed in the traditional Burmese longyi or long skirt.
Last year, Thein Sein visited the US, the first Burmese leader to do so in 46 years.
The Burmese government, on the other hand, says they are relatively recent migrants from the Indian sub-continent.
Since last August two Burmese and six Thais have been killed in two major clashes at sea.
In 1945, a convoy of U.S. trucks from India crossed the Burmese-Chinese border, opening the Burma Road.
Ford has signed a deal with Burmese conglomerate Capital Diamond Star Group to open a showroom in Yangon.
Thai intelligence officials call the Riverside Club "Khun Sa's casino" and say partners include a Burmese army official.
But the Burmese leader also spoke of how India and Indians needed to support her cause even more.
Ivanhoe Mines inked an agreement with the Burmese government to develop a copper mine and split the profits.
Other Burmese cities also took part in the event, which marks the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia.
Some Burmese think that his loyalties to the army were largely cut once he took off his uniform.
Outside of Yangon, the pace of Burmese society slows to a timeless pace -- as do Internet connections.
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