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Don't Expect Much from Burma's Election

By PAVIN CHACHAVALPONGPUN Monday, August 02, 2010
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As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) met in Hanoi last week, one contentious topic, as predicted, was discussed: political development in Burma and its upcoming election—the first in the country in 20 years.
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Dividing Political Parties into Groups

By KAY LATT Monday, August 02, 2010
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The date for the 2010 elections has not been set, but 39 political parties are preparing for campaigns with a hope to win seats in the regional and national governing bodies.
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Stifling Democracy in Burma, the Junta way

By BIDHAYAK DAS Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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The Burmese government's desperate attempt to stifle the emergence of a potential ethnic political force—the Kachin State Progressive Party (KSPP)—will go down in history as another example of brutal suppression of the basic tenets of democracy in Burma.

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The Trouble with the EU and EC

By THE IRRAWADDY Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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Last month, a European Union delegation canceled its planned trip to Burma after the Burmese regime refused to allow it to meet detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Building an Opposition to the Opposition

By AUNG MOE ZAW Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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It is popular today to say that Burmese civil society can be built without a struggle despite the present environment created and controlled by a military regime to ensure that people live according to their rules.

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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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