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    The Nation, Bangkok Post to sell in Burma

    Thailand’s leading English-language dailies given the go-ahead for distribution inside Burma but analysts warn of heavy censorship

    News Politics

    British PM ‘must urge China rethink’

    Analysts say Cameron should ensure he warns China about its ongoing diplmoatic support of Burma but warn the message may carry hypocrisy

    News Politics

    Refugees number 17,000 as more arrive

    UN says that repatriation of Karen refugees unlikely to happen soon as fighting continues further south in Payathonzu

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    Elections News Politics

    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

    Elections News Politics

    Suu Kyi ‘very relevant’ despite absence

    British ambassador Andrew Heyn defends NLD’s boycott of today’s elections and says that UK ‘won’t turn its back’ on Burma

    Elections News Politics

    PM urges ‘successful’ elections

    Thein Sein says Burma’s prestige is dependent on elections but the chorus of global condemnation continues to ring loud

    Elections News Politics

    Diplomats snub election booth ‘tours’

    British, German, French and Italian diplomats say they will not take part in ‘choreographed tour’ of voting stations offered by the junta

    Elections News Politics

    Activists mark second vote behind bars

    Forty-five political prisoners look set to spend their second elections behind bars as hopes of an amnesty fade

    Elections News Politics

    Foreign diplomats to witness polling

    Burma’s election authority says that diplomats and employees of UN agencies will be able to view selected ballot stations on the day

    Elections News Politics

    Activists to attempt elections uprising

    Veterans of the 1988 uprising have regrouped and claim they can succeed on Sunday where the thousands who marched 22 years ago could not

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    Migrants indifferent to looming vote

    As international media trains its eye on happenings inside Burma, millions of migrants outside of the country appear uninterested in the vote

    News Politics

    India cautions on ‘adverse’ UN probe

    Indian diplomat warns that investigation into war crimes in Burma could be counter-productive and adversely affect Burmese citizens

    News Politics

    US senator fires warning shot at Obama

    Senator Jim Webb warns that Burma risks becoming a province of China unless the US steps up engagement with the ruling junta

    Elections News Politics

    Philippines to break ASEAN poll silence

    President Aquino set to deliver speech at regional Southeast Asia summit this week decrying the looming Burmese elections as a ‘farce’

    News Politics

    China sabotaging UN war crimes probe

    Report claims that pressure from China has taken the steam out of global support for a UN-led probe into war crimes in Burma

    News Politics

    Than Shwe ‘pinning hopes’ on UN

    Analysts say junta chief’s praise of UN’s work in promoting economic and social justice is ironic given conditions inside Burma

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    Aung Htoo, BLC: ‘Than Shwe fears the ICC’

    As calls for Than Shwe to be indicted for war crimes gather momentum, DVB speaks to exiled Burmese lawyer, Aung Htoo, who heads the Burma Lawyers’ Council. He claims that[…]

    Analysis

    Not in my backyard

    Thai and Indian citizens are growing increasingly intolerant of environmentally destructive mega-projects – so their governments are moving them to Burma

    Media News

    Burma press freedom ‘amongst worst’

    Paris-based media watchdog says in 2010 Index that nothing has improved in one of the world’s most draconian press environments

    News Politics

    Opium production soaring, warns UN drugs tzar

    Opium production in Burma trending ‘relentlessly upward’ as UN warns that Southeast Asia’s drug threat has been overlooked

    Media News

    Foreign media barred during polls

    Burma’s Election Commission announces that a ban on foreign journalists is justified because diplomats will be the observers

    Business News

    New initiative reignites Burma tourism debate

    Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos to join hands in promoting ‘Four Countries: One Destination’ but the pro-boycott lobby stands strong

    Elections News Politics

    Indonesia urged to back war crimes probe

    Southeast Asia’s largest democracy hailed as model for Burma’s transition and possible trend-setter if it backs UN inquiry

    Business Elections News Politics

    Thai PM leaves, border crossing still shut

    Burmese officials reject Thai offer of help in 7 November elections whilst Abhisit fails to make progress on reopening of key border crossing

    Business News

    Thai giant closing in on Burma port deal

    Looming elections in Burma won’t affect deal which will enable Thai exports to bypass the congested Straits of Malacca

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