The Irrawaddy Burma Election 2010

NEWS



The Malaise Below the Surface

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RANGOON — In downtown Rangoon, less than two weeks before the Nov. 7 election, life appears much as usual. People lounge and relax in roadside tea-shops, children run and play among vehicles and the detritus of roadworks, monks – and nuns, in miraculously clean, pink tunics with tan shoulder robes and brown umbrellas –
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Two Junta Soldiers Die, 3 Injured in Karen Ambush

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Two Burmese soldiers were killed and three were injured during two attacks on an Election Commission convoy by Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) troops near Three Pagodas Pass. The convoy was transporting ballot boxes from Kyar Inn Seik Gyi, according to Karen sources.
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Than Shwe Plans No Retirement from Power

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Though junta supremo Snr-Gen Than Shwe's plans for his post-election role still remain uncertain after state-run media described him as the commander in chief during the week, observers say at least two ways remain for him to retain control of the country in the next 10 years.
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Election T-shirt War Hots Up in Burma

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As Burma's election campaign hots up, the competing political parties are dressing down—donning T-shirts emblazoned with slogans and party logos.
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Philippines Calls Burma Elections 'Farce'

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HANOI — World leaders are expected to launch a last-ditch plea this week for free and fair elections in military-run Burma, but at least one neighboring Southeast Asian country has already dismissed the upcoming polls as a "farce."

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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

Poll

Will you vote or boycott the Nov. 7 election?
 

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