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Burma's Than Shwe Chooses Himself for President

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Jan 22, 2011
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Burma's military junta strongman, Senior-General Than Shwe, has reportedly drawn up a draft outlining his lineup of the future ruling hierarchy, some two weeks ahead of the opening session of Parliament on Jan. 31, according to sources in Burma's administrative capital, Naypyidaw.

Than Shwe has reportedly penciled himself in as President of the Republic …

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