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Mon Decide to Field no Election Candidates

Thursday, April 01, 2010 LAWI WENG
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A political alliance representing Burma's Mon community has decided not to take part in the planned general election.
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Karen Party Applies for Registration

Thursday, April 01, 2010 SAW YAN NAING
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The Kayin People’s Party applies to register as a political party to contest in the upcoming Burmese election.
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The Same Old Road to Nowhere

Thursday, April 01, 2010 NAW MAY OO
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The actions by the Burmese regime are simply a repeat and repackaging of old tactics and without a new approach, the country could easily fall back into its historic conflict patterns and civil war.
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Indonesia Wants All-inclusive Election in Burma

Thursday, April 01, 2010 SAW YAN NAING
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Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa tells his Burmese counterpart, Nyan Win, in Naypyidaw that Jakarta expects the regime to “uphold its commitment to have an election that allows all parties to take part.”
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Burma's Press Censored on NLD Decision

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 KO HTWE
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The Burmese regime's censorship board is forcing newspapers and other media to publish the official line on the NLD decision not to contest the election.
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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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