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			<Headline><![CDATA[Hague urges more Burmese reform]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[William Hague is visiting Burma, the first British foreign secretary to do so for more than 50 years]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-01-04 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16417704]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Myanmar signs cease-fire with rebels]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The Myanmar government signed a cease-fire deal with a rebel group, the same day Aung San Suu Kyi&apos;s party said it will join the upcoming elections]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-01-12 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Topic><![CDATA[Agreement]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Burma releases senior dissidents]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Several high-profile dissidents have been set free in Burma in the latest in a series of prisoner amnesties]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-01-12 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Topic><![CDATA[Dissident]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[US and Burma to resume full relations]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that Washington will start the process of exchanging ambassadors with Burma]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-01-13 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Embassy]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Suu Kyi registers for by-election]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Hundreds of supporters turned out to see pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi register to run in a by-election for a parliamentary seat]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-01-17 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Parlament Elections]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16606608]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Burma monk Gambira 'taken away']]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The Burmese monk Shin Gambira has been taken away by authorities. He was among several high profile political prisoners released on 13 January]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-02-09 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16977020]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Thousands cheer Suu Kyi on campaign trail]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Thousands of cheering people crammed the streets in a southern Myanmar district to catch a glimpse of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-02-11 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Campaign]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/11/world/asia/myanmar-suu-kyi/index.html?hpt=wo_c2]]></URL>
			<importance>5.0</importance>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Sick Suu Kyi cancels campaigning]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has suspended her campaign because of ill-health a week before she is due to stand for a seat in parliament]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-03-25 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Campaign]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17505942]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Burma votes in milestone election]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Polls have opened in Burmese by-elections that promise to be the most open contest in decades, Aung San Suu Kyi among those standing]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-03-31 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Parlament Elections]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17571989]]></URL>
			<importance>5.0</importance>
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