The Karen Refugees Committee, a leading refugee organization, recently said the reforms in Myanmar "signal a ray of hope for many refugees to be able to return to their homeland, " but laid down 10 conditions for repatriation ranging from a solid nationwide cease-fire to clearing the vast mine fields along the border.

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In a sense, today's crisis is like a forest fire running through the ecosystem of the economy, clearing out the mature monocultures of the past and allowing a more heterogeneous blossoming of new start-ups to emerge and redefine markets.

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Its derives from the fact that many houses sprung up after a clearing in a forest, where there had been a fire.

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Before long we emerge into a football-field-sized clearing known as Spa Camp, which is equipped with a few old shelters, a fire pit, and an ancient outhouse.

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