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SBS senior correspondent Brian Thomson is in Burma, covering the beginning of the country's new political era since the release of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Burma has vowed to free more political prisoners, William Hague said after meeting his counterpart during the first visit to Burma by a UK foreign secretary for 55 years, the BBC reports.
Burma's information ministry says all publications are free to go to press without interference from government from August 20.
The United States said it will ease restrictions on investment to Burma and quickly appoint an ambassador following landmark elections in the long-closed nation.
The year 2012 has marked half a century of military rule in Burma, but at the same time, the military has actually shown its first signs of allowing a transition to civilian rule.
Fifty people have been killed and scores wounded in communal clashes in western Burma, state media said, as the UN warned of 'immense hardship' faced by thousands displaced by rioting.
Channel Four's John Sparks reports on what is believed to be the worst single example of violence against the Muslim Rohingya community in the country's northwest.
Burma has pardoned a number of prominent dissidents, journalists and a former premier under a major prisoner amnesty, intensifying a surprising series of reforms by the army-backed regime.
More than 15,000 refugees have fled Burma as ethnic rebels clashed with government troops a day after the country's elections.
Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has urged "healthy scepticism" over Burma's dramatic reforms, saying only the rule of law can cement recent political progress and foster clean investment.
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