27 1 / 2012

A child and his mother rest in Tunggyi, the  capital of Shan state January 25, 2012. Derided as a well-choreographed  sham in one of the world’s most authoritarian countries when it opened a  year ago, Myanmar’s parliament began a third session on Thursday with  feisty stirrings of democracy, under pressure to accelerate economic and  political reforms that could soon convince the West to lift decades-old  sanctions.   REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

A child and his mother rest in Tunggyi, the capital of Shan state January 25, 2012. Derided as a well-choreographed sham in one of the world’s most authoritarian countries when it opened a year ago, Myanmar’s parliament began a third session on Thursday with feisty stirrings of democracy, under pressure to accelerate economic and political reforms that could soon convince the West to lift decades-old sanctions. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj