Thailand offers mixed messages as China hails a ‘step forward’, but voters in Burma see just another day of tricks pass them by
Day: November 8, 2010
DKBA torch government buildings
Karen renegades say they are destroying ‘conspiracies planned against us’ as heavy fighting forces Payathonzu residents to flee
Up to 5000 refugees flee into Thailand
Warning given to Myawaddy residents to evacuate town as up to 5000 refugees pour across the border into neighbouring Thailand
First election results emerge
Majority of results announced today won in one-party constituencies as the pro-junta USDP looks to be taking the lead
Fighting erupts in border town
Deaths reported in Myawaddy as violence spreads across the border into Thailand, while refugees seen fleeing to safety