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Burma quickens pace of reforms
Burma's newly elected quasi-civilian government has been introducing some significant reforms lately. A day after signing a landmark cease fire with the country's ethnic Karen rebels last week, the military-backed government went on to release some of its best known political dissidents. We talk to Burma expert Bruce Matthews, Professor Emeritus at Nova Scotia's Acadia University, about the significance of the reforms being introduced by the Naypyitaw government and whether they're likely to get international sanctions against Burma lifted.
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