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Journalist Provides Glimpse Into Secretive Burma

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Burma held its first elections in two decades this past Sunday and the military-backed party says it won by a landslide. The elections have been widely condemned as a sham designed to cement military rule in the country that's officially known as Myanmar. Today we get a view from inside secretive Burma from Boston-based filmmaker John Baynard. Baynard recently traveled to Burma to report for the website GlobalPost, despite restrictions on foreign journalists.

Journalist Provides Glimpse Into Secretive Burma

Burma held its first elections in two decades this past Sunday and the military-backed party says it won by a landslide. The elections have been widely condemned as a sham designed to cement military rule in the country that's officially known as Myanmar. Today we get a view from inside secretive Burma from Boston-based filmmaker John Baynard. Baynard recently traveled to Burma to report for the website GlobalPost, despite restrictions on foreign journalists.

This program aired on November 11, 2010.

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