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Number of Polling Stations Falls Short in Mon State

Tuesday, November 02, 2010 LAWI WENG
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A leading political party in Mon State says a lack of polling stations will prevent some voters from casting their ballots on election day, Nov.7
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Expecting the Worst, Hoping for Something

Tuesday, November 02, 2010 KYAW ZWA MOE
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Burma’s controversial election, its first in 20 years, is only days away.

 

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Most of the country’s pro-democracy groups say the election is “undemocratic and
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Media Controls Tighten Ahead of Burma Election

Tuesday, November 02, 2010 GARY OSTERMAN
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CHIANG MAI — on October 18, Thein Soe, the chief of Burma’s Union Election Commission (UEC), announced that the international media would not be allowed to report on the country’s upcoming elections.

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Election Offers no Comfort for Burmese Refugees

Tuesday, November 02, 2010 SEBASTIAN STRANGIO / AP WRITER
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MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand — It's no wonder that Saw Tun Wai has little desire to return to Burma, even after upcoming elections that its military rulers describe as a step toward democracy.

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Philippines: Flawed Burma Vote Will Damage Asean

Tuesday, November 02, 2010 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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HANOI— The Philippines says the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will be undermined if next month's elections in military-ruled Burma are a sham.

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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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