The Irrawaddy Burma Election 2010

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Controversial Funding Shakes Pro-Democracy Alliance

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Funding by a close business associate of the military has brought disarray to the six-party pro-democracy alliance.
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The Election Held in Secrecy

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A senior political analyst with The Asian Network for Free Elections is interviewed by The Irrawaddy on the upcoming election in Burma.
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Abhisit_Vejjajiva“We want to see a smooth election and reconciliation process. The government will reaffirm the desire to see stability and peace along the border.”
—Abhisit Vejjajiva, prime minister of Thailand
 

Rangoon Mayor's Support for Mosque Overruled

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RANGOON—Tension between Muslims and Buddhists in a Rangoon township rise following following Mayor Aung Thein Lin's change of policy to allow a mosque to be built in the township, which has now been overruled by another government agency.
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“We'll Scrap Our Party if That's What Suu Kyi Wants”

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Khin Maung Swe, the leader of the National Democratic Force, denies links to a regime-affiliated NGO and says his party is willing to disband if Aung San Suu Kyi asks it to after she is released.
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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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Will you vote or boycott the Nov. 7 election?
 

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