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- WORLD, Page 31World NotesBURMANo Peace For Rangoon
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- Despite more than two years of house arrest, Aung San Suu Kyi
- casts a bigger shadow than ever over the repressive rulers of
- Burma. The official presentation of her Nobel Peace Prize to her
- son last week triggered demonstrations and renewed calls abroad
- for the generals to hand over power to the parliament that was
- elected last year.
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- Widespread reports that retired strongman Ne Win had
- recently suffered a stroke fanned hopes that the military might
- finally yield. Yet when 700 students gathered at the University
- of Rangoon to press for Suu Kyi's release, hundreds of heavily
- armed troops surrounded the campus, arrested scores, and shut
- the universities.
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- Junta officials still say they plan to return the country
- to elected rule, but they have to be careful to avoid economic
- or political disorder during the transition. Given the
- demonstrations last week, the restoration of democracy seemed
- unlikely anytime soon.
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