Burma: the power trap of Naypyidaw
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Naypyidaw is the political capital of Burma. In parliament, a handful of opposition lawmakers are lost in a sea of regime loyalists. Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi is among them. But is the living icon of Burma’s democratic dreams losing her appeal? One year after her election, Aung San Suu Kyi's strategy of compromise with the military regime is alienating her closest allies.