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True Reconciliation a Post-election Priority

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 HTET AUNG
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With the emergence of new political players after the Nov. 7 election, there has been an assumption that the opposition movement led by the National League for Democracy (NLD) will effectively be marginalized in post-election politics in Burma.
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Burmese Election to Prolong Dictatorship

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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RANGOON—The political party of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, which has opted out of the upcoming elections, said that the poll will only prolong military dictatorship and noted that citizens had the right not to vote, a party statement said.
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Burmese Embassies Restrict Advanced Voting

Thursday, October 21, 2010 KO HTWE
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Several Burmese embassies across the world are open for advanced voting, but only a handful of selected Burmese citizens have been informed.
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Post-election Chief Ministers Already Selected, Sources Say

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 BA KAUNG
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The Burmese regime has reportedly already selected several former high-ranking military officials as the future chief ministers for regional and state governments to be formed after the Nov. 7 election.
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USDP Election Slogan 'People First' Sparks Anger

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 WAI MOE
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Election posters urging people to vote for the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) are being defaced in some parts of Rangoon, apparently by activists objecting to their “People First” slogan.
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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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