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Myanmar Junta Holds Elections After 5 Years Of Civil War
Campaigners, Western diplomats and the UN's rights chief have all condemned the phased month-long vote, citing a ballot stacked with military allies and a stark crackdown on dissent.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Looks Set to Win Myanmar Election, But Problems Loom
When Aung San Suu Kyi's candidate emerges at a campaign rally in southern Myanmar, the crowd bursts into cheers and showers him with flowers, confident that the opposition will prevail this weekend after decades of struggle against military rulers.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Urges Action on Illegal Use of Religion in Election Campaign
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi today urged the government to take action against people using religion to stir tensions as campaigning intensifies for landmark polls next month.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Takes Election Bid to Myanmar's Strife-Torn Rakhine
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi will campaign with a hundreds-strong security force in Rakhine state today, her opposition said, as she risks a rare brush with hostility by taking her election bid to the volatile region.
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Myanmar Opposition Says Blocked From Campaigning in Island Seat
Opposition candidates for one of Myanmar's smallest constituencies are being blocked from visiting the remote island chain, a party spokesman said today, just weeks ahead of elections billed as the country's freest in decades.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Urges 'Brave' Votes, Touts Constituency Development
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Tuesday supporters need not be afraid when they cast ballots in a landmark election, as she railed against government neglect while campaigning in her rural constituency.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Promises Myanmar Voters Corruption Free Government
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi pledged to form a government free from corruption, empower workers and end reliance on foreign aid, as she campaigned on Monday for the southeast Asian country's first free national vote in 25 years.
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Myanmar President Thein Sein Meets Armed Rebels for Peace Talks
Myanmar President Thein Sein on Wednesday made his first public appearance since the start of a campaign for Nov. 8 general elections, meeting leaders of ethnic minority guerrilla groups for ceasefire talks in the capital Naypyitaw.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Calls for Free and Fair Elections as Campaign Starts
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi launched her campaign on Tuesday for the first free general election since the end of military rule saying it was a crucial turning point and calling on the global community to monitor the outcome.
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Myanmar Bans Parties From Criticising Army in State Media
Myanmar has banned political parties from criticising the army or the military-dominated constitution in state media during campaigning for elections seen as a test of the country's transition from military rule.
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Myanmar Junta Holds Elections After 5 Years Of Civil War
Campaigners, Western diplomats and the UN's rights chief have all condemned the phased month-long vote, citing a ballot stacked with military allies and a stark crackdown on dissent.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Looks Set to Win Myanmar Election, But Problems Loom
When Aung San Suu Kyi's candidate emerges at a campaign rally in southern Myanmar, the crowd bursts into cheers and showers him with flowers, confident that the opposition will prevail this weekend after decades of struggle against military rulers.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Urges Action on Illegal Use of Religion in Election Campaign
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi today urged the government to take action against people using religion to stir tensions as campaigning intensifies for landmark polls next month.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Takes Election Bid to Myanmar's Strife-Torn Rakhine
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi will campaign with a hundreds-strong security force in Rakhine state today, her opposition said, as she risks a rare brush with hostility by taking her election bid to the volatile region.
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Myanmar Opposition Says Blocked From Campaigning in Island Seat
Opposition candidates for one of Myanmar's smallest constituencies are being blocked from visiting the remote island chain, a party spokesman said today, just weeks ahead of elections billed as the country's freest in decades.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Urges 'Brave' Votes, Touts Constituency Development
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Tuesday supporters need not be afraid when they cast ballots in a landmark election, as she railed against government neglect while campaigning in her rural constituency.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Promises Myanmar Voters Corruption Free Government
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi pledged to form a government free from corruption, empower workers and end reliance on foreign aid, as she campaigned on Monday for the southeast Asian country's first free national vote in 25 years.
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Myanmar President Thein Sein Meets Armed Rebels for Peace Talks
Myanmar President Thein Sein on Wednesday made his first public appearance since the start of a campaign for Nov. 8 general elections, meeting leaders of ethnic minority guerrilla groups for ceasefire talks in the capital Naypyitaw.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Calls for Free and Fair Elections as Campaign Starts
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi launched her campaign on Tuesday for the first free general election since the end of military rule saying it was a crucial turning point and calling on the global community to monitor the outcome.
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Myanmar Bans Parties From Criticising Army in State Media
Myanmar has banned political parties from criticising the army or the military-dominated constitution in state media during campaigning for elections seen as a test of the country's transition from military rule.
