CONTENTS:- WARDROBE CHANGE DOES NOT BRING DEMOCRACY... SPDC STILL IN POWER: Than Shwe calls the shots; New laws stregthen military power; New Parliament: MPs under ?house arrest?; Restrictions dominate parliamentary proceedings; Political Parties Registration Law still threatens parties and MPs; Parliamentary debate a sham; Parliamentary committees to control legislative activity... THEIN SEIN: THAN SHWE?S ?YES MAN? BECOMES PRESIDENT: Vice-President # 1: Tin Aungmyint Oo; Vice-President # 2: Mauk Kham aka Maung Ohn... THE CABINET: 100% ARE MEN, 86% ARE MILITARY MEN... AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: ETHNIC NATIONALITIES UNDERREPRESENTED: Key Positions at Division and State Level... PARLIAMENT WHO?S WHO: STRONGMEN, DRUG LORDS, AND CRONIES: The generals? new clothes; Drug lords and regime cronies elected... ETHNIC NATIONALITY AREAS - CONFLICT ESCALATES: Karen State: Conflict rages; Shan State: Attacks on multiple fronts; Kachin State: Ceasefire broken, militarization increased; Chin State: Hostilities flare up; Mon State: Ceasefire on shaky ground; New ethnic military alliance formed... FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: THE CRACKDOWN CONTINUES: Media persons face harassment and imprisonment; Internet monitoring, phone bugging stepped up; Censorship intensifies... POLITICAL PRISONERS - MORE THAN 2,000 STILL DETAINED: No amnesty for political prisoners; Detention conditions remain abysmal... FLEEING BURMA?S ?DEMOCRACY?- MORE REFUGEES AND IDPS UN says Burma is a regional burden; More Rohingya take to the sea; New arrivals at Thai-Burma border camps; SPDC Army offensives fuel internal displacement... BURMA?S ECONOMY - A BOON FOR MILITARY, CRONIES, & FOREIGN INVESTORS: Prices rise on political uncertainty; Military spending still top priority; Thousands strike in Rangoon; Students protest; Burma has the world?s sixth least free economy; Regime cronies acquire state properties; SEZs line the cronies? pockets; Tavoy projects threaten local livelihoods and exploit workers; China?s looting of Burma continues... NLD & DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI - STILL KEY POLITICAL PLAYERS: NLD, Daw Suu step up political activities; NLD outlines economic policy; Daw Suu - selection of policy-oriented statements... ANATOMY OF THE NEW REGIME