Many hoping democracy brings jobs to Burma

CBS News Monday 2nd April, 2012

(CBS News) RANGOON - History has been made in Burma, one of the most repressed and isolated countries in the world. On Monday, the military government said the opposition won a landslide victory in Sunday's election. The woman who began the democratic movement in Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, is headed to parliament. CBS News correspondent Seth Doane re...

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