Junta Bans Election News
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THE IRRAWADDY |
In the latest sign that this year's vote will be neither free nor fair, Burma's rulers have ordered a ban on reporting of controversial election-related issues.
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Seven Parties Ready to Register for Election
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KYAW THEIN KHA |
At least seven political groups, including one established pro-government party, are preparing to register to take part in the upcoming election, according to the leaders of the groups.
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Anti-govt Protesters Head for Bangkok
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DENIS D GRAY |
Thousands of red-shirted, anti-government demonstrators converged on the Thai capital from the north and northeast Saturday, vowing to oust the government in a mass, do-or-die display of muscle.
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Weekly Business Roundup (March 13, 2010)
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WILLIAM BOOT |
Vietnam is intensifying its new-found business interest in Burma by opening a branch of its state-owned Bank for Investment and Development in Rangoon.
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MIN LWIN |
| Burma's ruling junta has finished construction work on three nuclear reactors and will soon be ready to put them into operation, according to military sources. |
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 |  Unless they release Suu Kyi and allow her and her party to participate in the elections, it’s a complete farce and therefore contrary to their road map to democracy, 
—Alberto Romulo, foreign minister of the Philippines. |
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KYAW ZWA MOE |
| All is farce when it comes to Burma’s newly released election laws. However, it wasn't unexpected. If the laws had been even a little fair, it would have been like a fantasy dream come true. |
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1 US = 1,004 kyat
1 BT = 30.15 kyat
March 12, 2010 |
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KAY LATT |
| Time is running out for a genuine dialogue before the election, and the regime is moving ahead despite all appeals by democratic groups and ethnic nationalities. |
BEYOND 1988—
REFLECTIONS |
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 Of the many skills the ABSDF learned from the KNU, few were as valuable as the ability to intercept and decipher radio transmissions by the Burmese army.
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