I was shocked to see this one. I don't pretend to be "wired in" to events in Burma, but I do keep an eye out for news from there, and I hadn't heard a word.
The Burmese (Myanmar) government has apparently built a new capital on the road between Rangoon and Mandalay, at a little nothing place called Pyinmana. According to the BBC, the new capital has all the comforts of home in an easy-to-control little, out-of-the-way package. Golf courses, villas, airfields, all the important stuff. And no press, no international community, and no Aung San Suu Kyi.
It sure looks like the generals are settling in for the long haul. Not that anyone who follows this sad little country is surprised, but the "Roadmap to Democracy" seems to be on hold, no matter what Than Shwe says.
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