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Burma's electoral laws undemocratic: Indian experts PDF  | Print |  E-mail
News - Mizzima News
Thursday, 11 March 2010 16:16
Indian constitutional experts and election observers have said that Burma’s electoral laws that the junta has started announcing since March 8 through the state controlled media do not follow ...
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Amid growing unemployment rates, Burmese women turn to prostitution to survive PDF  | Print |  E-mail
News - Independent Mon News Agency
Report by Nai Marn, Asah   
Thursday, 11 March 2010 16:15
Sources report that prostituion is a rapidly growing problem in Burma's major cities, as rising unemployment rates are forcing Burmese women to work the streets as a means of feeding themselves ...
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Burmese regime discloses Election Commission members PDF  | Print |  E-mail
News - Mizzima News
Thursday, 11 March 2010 16:13
Burma's state-run television announced today the names of the 17 appointed members of the newly created national Election Commission.  The commission will organize and oversee Burma's upcoming ...
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Electricity supply cut off from Maungdaw mosque PDF  | Print |  E-mail
News - Kaladan Press
Thursday, 11 March 2010 16:12
Electricity supply was cut off from Maungdaw big mosque on February 5, for use of an extra meter box, supplied by the electricity department by paying money, said a local religious leader ...
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Burma’s election laws amorphous on Diaspora PDF  | Print |  E-mail
News - Mizzima News
Thursday, 11 March 2010 16:10
The Burmese military junta’s election laws have conveniently failed to address the fundamental issues of millions of Burmese in Diaspora, residing outside the country for years due to political ...
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Thailand’s political unrest cuts down timber exports, traders in Three Pagodas Pass claim PDF  | Print |  E-mail
News - Independent Mon News Agency
Report by Kon Hadee   
Thursday, 11 March 2010 16:08
Timber sellers in Three Pagodas Pass have informed IMNA that interest from Thai buyers has dropped dramatically since the end of February, and that consequently their businesses are suffering ...
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Election laws, challenge to NLD: Suu Kyi PDF  | Print |  E-mail
News - Mizzima News
Report by Phanida   
Thursday, 11 March 2010 16:06
The Burmese junta’s electoral laws for the 2010 polls, poses a direct challenge to her party the National League for Democracy (NLD) and it is a shame, said Burma's pro-democracy leader ...
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War of nerves continues as deadline expires PDF  | Print |  E-mail
News - Shan Herald Agency for News
Thursday, 11 March 2010 16:03
March 10 has gone by without reports of either side, the Burmese Army or the anti-Border Guard Force ceasefire armies, resuming peaceful overtures to each other, according to sources from Shan State...
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Junta tries to woo people with ethnic officers PDF  | Print |  E-mail
News - Shan Herald Agency for News
Report by Hseng Khio Fah   
Thursday, 11 March 2010 16:00
A day after the Burmese military junta announced its election law on March 8, Prime Minister Thein Sein was reported to have taken some ethnic officials from the army with him on a journey ...
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Bangladesh sends 16 to prison for smuggling fertilizer to Burma PDF  | Print |  E-mail
News - Narinjara News
Thursday, 11 March 2010 15:57
A Bangladesh court on Thursday sentenced 16 Bangladeshis to seven years in prison for smuggling fertilizer to Burma, reports our correspondent from Cox's Bazaar...
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Arakanese political parties avoid registering for election PDF  | Print |  E-mail
News - Narinjara News
Thursday, 11 March 2010 15:55
The Burmese military regime on Wednesday issued new election laws, including regulations on political party registration, but Arakanese political parties remain silent and have made no move ...
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