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Campbell Meets Suu Kyi and NLD Officials

By BA KAUNG

US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell has had a one hour meeting with detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a government guesthouse in Rangoon.

Arms Imported Over New Year?

By WAI MOE

Did the Junta get more weapons from China and North Korea in April?

Wife Says Husband Had No Role in Bombings

By ZARNI MANN

The wife of Phyo Wai Aung, who was arrested on April 23 after the bomb explosions at the Thingyan water festival, said her husband had no connection to the blasts.

Record Temperatures Cause Water Shortages

By KO HTWE

Seasonally hot temperatures in Burma have led to increased water shortages and concern for the health of children and the elderly.

SLIDE SHOW Filipinos Vote Amid Violence, Computer Glitches

By HRVOJE HRANJSKI

Scattered violence and glitches with vote-counting machines being used for the first time failed to dissuade millions of Filipinos from voting in Monday's elections.

US Congressional Report Weighs Up Burma Election

By LALIT K. JHA

An internal congressional report says that the results of the 2010 election in Burma may be a strong indicator of the potential for political change.