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Security Tightened in Rangoon

Tuesday, November 02, 2010 THE IRRAWADDY
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While activists are stepping up the election boycott campaign, Burmese authorities have beefed up security forces in Rangoon in preparation for the election in five days, Rangoon sources said.
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Parties Have Problems Recruiting Enough Monitors

Tuesday, November 02, 2010 KO HTWE
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Political parties contesting the Nov. 7 election in Burma need sufficient monitors to ensure transparency, the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) said on Tuesday.
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USDP Campaigners Warn Journalists

Tuesday, November 02, 2010 SAW YAN NAING
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Campaigners for the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), the Burmese military regime's proxy party, have been warning Burmese journalists working for foreign media organizations not to photograph or film party members who are out campaigning.
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Burma's Internet Service Sealed Off

Tuesday, November 02, 2010 YENI and SAW YAN NAING
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Burma’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPT) has sealed off Internet access for Internet cafes and businesses, according to experts on Burma's Internet infrastructure.
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Regime Allows Outside Visits to Selected Polling Stations

Tuesday, November 02, 2010 THE IRRAWADDY
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RANGOON — Foreign diplomats and Burmese journalists working for foreign news media will be able to visit carefully selected polling stations on election day, the Burmese government has announced.
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Quotable

Nyan_win80"Once her [Aung San Suu Kyi's] sentence expires in November, and that notion is not disputed, it is our understanding that she will have served her sentence."
—Nyan Win, the foreign minister of Burma

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