Plus side: many prisoners released and Aung San Suu Kyi allowed to speak with UN representative.
Negative side: China cautions against too much trade restraint and wants Burma to remain in ASEAN.
Realism: Tiffany & Cartier do not buy Burmese gems for business reasons.
A bill in Congress seeks to bar the import of Burmese gems that are polished or cut in a third country before being shipped to the United State. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.