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Registered Parties Should Carefully Assess Election Strategy

By AUNG MOE ZAW

Burmese parties planning to participate in the election with the intention of focusing on the people's betterment, believing they could make changes from within, should not gamble on the fate of the nation with their dreams.

Burma Designates Constituencies for “Parliament”

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Election Commission has designated constituencies for the national and regional parliaments, state media announces, while political parties face myriad legal restrictions.

Burma Elections to Be Held Nov. 7

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Burma's first election in two decades will be held Nov. 7, the junta announced Friday, setting the wheels in motion for a long-awaited event that critics have dismissed as a sham designed to cement military rule.

Mekong Dams Could Destabilize Region

By SIMON ROUGHNEEN

Uncoordinated decision-making and unilateral initiatives not only threaten the Mekong River area environment and livelihoods, but could affect security in Southeast Asia.

Asian Shares Slide on Signs of Slowing Growth

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Asian markets tumbled Thursday as investors dumped riskier assets like stocks amid growing evidence the world economic recovery is stumbling.

'Sandwich Reporting' Keeps the Censors Guessing

By SAW YAN NAING

A new term, "Sandwich Reporting," has crept into the vocabulary of Burmese journalists looking for ways to bypass the government censors.

Soldiers stand guard at site of municipal housing blaze
Soldiers of the 90th Brigade based in Rangoon Division are guarding the site of a blaze at municipal staff ... Electoral watchdog defines 330 lower-house electorates
The Burmese junta’s electoral watchdog yesterday formally released its list of the 330 lower house ...
Special Branch officers harass party members
Burmese junta intelligence staff have called at the homes of Democracy Party members uninvited and ...Row at ethnic Karen party over ‘sacking’ of chairman
Fire officials suspect a blaze that broke out in municipal staff housing blocks in Insein Township, Rangoon, ...

Election date announced

The much anticipated date for the first election since 1990 has been announced, later than expected, it is however not lacking in numerological significance

A wave of dissent-activists start campaign opposing elections

Generation Wave, a group of young Burmese activists, start a campaign to boycott 'unfair and undemocratic' 2010 elections in central Rangoon

Talking about my generation

On the 10th International Day of Youth DVB reflects on a generation with the constraint of coming of age under the SPDC and trying to live with hope in the lonely wilderness of military rule