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Illegal USDP Campaign Tactics

Friday, October 08, 2010 Thar Gyi
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The Union Solidarity and Development Party's (USDP) campaign methods have received widespread criticism in Burma and from abroad, with observers citing gross abuses by the regime-backed party
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USDP Blatantly Flouts Election Law

Thursday, October 07, 2010 LAWI WENG
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Members of the Union Solidarity and Development Pary (USDP) led by Burma's current Prime Minister are sticking posters in front of people's houses in South Dagon township and Thaketa townships,
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Democratic Space and a Military Apartheid

Thursday, October 07, 2010 HTET AUNG
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With Burma's general election just around the corner, many regional observers are predicting some form of political change; even if they do all agree that the election itself will be no more than a sham.
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Former UN Rights Officials Call for Burma Inquiry

Thursday, October 07, 2010 LALIT K JHA
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WASHINGTON — Two top former human rights officials of the United Nations on Tuesday urged the European Union to support the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry to investigate war crimes
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EU-Asia Summit Urges Release of Burma Prisoners

Thursday, October 07, 2010 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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BRUSSELS — Leaders of 48 Asian and European countries urged the military junta of Burma to release political prisoners before general elections next month.
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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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