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Examples
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By that benchmark it's clear that Burma's new dictator, Thein Sein, isn't bringing change to my country.
Bo Kyi: Burma's Tortured Prisoners Can't Wait Bo Kyi 2011
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Military operations appear to be continuing in contradiction of an order given by the president, Thein Sein, last month.
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The army has run the country since 1962, and although there were elections in November 2010 - the first in two decades - the army's party won easily and the new Government is headed by Thein Sein, a former General and Prime Minister under the ancien regime.
Simon Roughneen: Burma and Reform: All Talk and no Walk? Simon Roughneen 2011
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By that benchmark it's clear that Burma's new dictator, Thein Sein, isn't bringing change to my country.
Bo Kyi: Burma's Tortured Prisoners Can't Wait Bo Kyi 2011
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A UN Inquiry, which can expose the truth and make recommendations for practical action, won't stop Thein Sein from making reforms if he really wants to.
Bo Kyi: Burma's Tortured Prisoners Can't Wait Bo Kyi 2011
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He recently met with Aung San Suu Kyi - the extra-parliamentary opposition leader and now subject of a Luc Besson-directed film 'The Lady' - who in turn praised Thein Sein.
Simon Roughneen: Burma and Reform: All Talk and no Walk? Simon Roughneen 2011
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In a hint at who is really running the show in the 'new' Burma, Crispin concluded that "I doubt Thein Sein's military minders have the stomach for that."
Simon Roughneen: Burma and Reform: All Talk and no Walk? Simon Roughneen 2011
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This bold and risky move comes on the heels of a "general amnesty" for 14,600 prisoners who were freed last week by the military strongman and current president Thein Sein.
Matthew Smith: The Insein Strikers Need Solidarity Matthew Smith 2011
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Just before Thein Sein's April speech lauding the '4th estate', a correspondent for Democratic Voice of Burma was sentenced to 13 years in jail, the seventeenth DVB reporter to be locked up.
Simon Roughneen: Burma and Reform: All Talk and no Walk? Simon Roughneen 2011
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A UN Inquiry, which can expose the truth and make recommendations for practical action, won't stop Thein Sein from making reforms if he really wants to.
Bo Kyi: Burma's Tortured Prisoners Can't Wait Bo Kyi 2011
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