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Obituary: General Saw Maung
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Senior General Saw Maung was the former head of the military
junta that seized power in Burma in 1988.
Nineteen eighty-eight was a year when People's Power became a
reality, first in the Philippines, then Burma, then much of Eastern
Europe. Massive demonstrations by unarmed civilians caused
governments to crumble, and brought the hope of freedom and
democracy. Burma - like China nine months later - went against the
trend, trucking in troops from the front line to put down the
protests...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Deadlock. (Burmese politics)
The Economist (US)
; Deadlock AN EPIDEMIC of diplomatic flu struck Rangoon on January 4th. The ambassadors of the United States, Japan and several EEC countries, among others, found themselves unavoidably unavailable for the celebrations of Burma's 41st anniversary of independence. Perhaps General Saw Maung sighed, but
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It's a Ne Win situation. (General Ne Win resigns)
U.S. News & World Report
; For the long-suffering people of Burma, pulled deeper and deeper into isolation and misery during a quarter-century of rule by Gen. Ne Win, the 77-year-old dictator's sudden resignation in July seemed too good to be true. And that's proving to be the case. Ne Win last week was again riding the
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Ne Win Thought to Have Kept His Power in Burma; Military Action Designed to Crush Prodemocracy Movement, Maintain Clique's Control
The Washington Post
; What happened Sept. 18 in Burma bore all the characteristics of a classic military coup: martial music on the radio, the armed forces commander announcing a new military Cabinet, a dusk-to-dawn curfew and the ritual promise to hold elections "as soon as possible." Despite appearances, however,
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Gen. Saw Maung Dies; Led Military Junta in Burma
The Washington Post
; Saw Maung, 68, the general who headed Burma's military junta when it seized power in 1988, died July 24 of a heart attack, relatives said. The senior general had been in poor health for a long time. He resigned as chairman of the junta in April 1992 for medical reasons. An official announcement at
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Preying on the Pagan Plain: a traveler's notebook - 1. (eradication of the town of Pagan, Burma) (Cover Story)
The New Leader
; ABOUT THE TIME that an AngloSaxon monk with chilled fingers was writing out Beowulf in England, Burmese masons, stonecarvers and painters were constructing temples in the parched and searing heat of the Pagan Plain. Between 1057 and 1287 some 13,000 pagodas, shrines and other religious buildings
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