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Archive Home > 2011 > January > 31 > Myanmar reopens parliament for first time since the 1980s

Myanmar reopens parliament for first time since the 1980s

By New York Times News Service / The Bulletin
January 31, 2011

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s ruling generals earlier today convened the first meeting of Parliament in more than two decades, a move they say completes the impoverished country’s transition to a multiparty democracy.

Reporters were barred from the Parliament building when the session was convened this....

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