Burma Elections

PHOTOS: Tips For Visiting Myanmar Now

Simone Girner | Posted 04.01.2012

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If things continue to change as fast as they have been, it will be different to visit even six months from now, let alone years when -- predictably, hopefully -- the sanctions will have been lifted and U.S. and European investors will have discovered this culturally rich place.

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Democracy Icon Set To Win Office In Historic Vote

AP | TODD PITMAN | Posted 04.01.2012

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WAH THIN KHA, Myanmar — Myanmar held a landmark election Sunday that was expected to send democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi into parliament for he...

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Why Myanmar's Elections Matter

AP | GRANT PECK | Posted 05.30.2012

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BANGKOK -- Myanmar's special election Sunday is for a small portion of parliament seats, but has taken on immense symbolic importance because it will ...

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Aung San Suu Kyi: Elections Will Be Neither Free Nor Fair

AP | TODD PITMAN | Posted 05.30.2012

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YANGON, Myanmar — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday that Myanmar's landmark weekend elections will be neither free nor fair because...

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Burma's Big Moment

Jenna Scatena | Posted 05.16.2012

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Just over a decade ago Lonely Planet was being accused of supporting Burma's corrupt military regime for publishing a guidebook to the country. Boy, have times changed.

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Burma or Myanmar: Is This a de Klerk Moment?

Jack Healey | Posted 03.13.2012

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The civilian/military government of Myanmar now is making moves that may be similar to de Klerk, the Prime Minister of the last apartheid government in South Africa.

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Burma Election Reignites Ethnic Tensions

The Irrawaddy | Posted 05.25.2011

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The seizure of two Burmese border towns by ethnic rebels is a significant move in the ethnic armed struggle of the past 20 years, and the latest attac...

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Myanmar Election Violence Causespost-polls fighting

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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YANGON, Myanmar — Fighting between ethnic rebels and government troops rumbled on for a third day Tuesday as activists warned that the violence,...

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Burma CYBER ATTACK Underway As Election Nears

The Jakarta Globe | Posted 05.25.2011

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A massive cyber attack has crippled Internet services in Burma ahead of Sunday's election, IT experts and Web service providers say, raising fears of ...

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Thailand Sets a Poor Example to Burma

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Long a staunch US ally and once a reliable partner in the region, under the nose of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Thailand has morphed into a threat to regional peace and serial human rights abuser.

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The Burmese Elections: Prolonging the Misery and Postponing the Inevitable

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011

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This election is evidence that their last shreds of political legitimacy have evaporated. The international community has to recognize this inevitable "victory" for what it is -- the last gasp of a decaying system.

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Myanmar To Hold First Elections Since 1990

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's ruling junta chief confirmed Monday that the country's first general elections in two decades will be held this year...

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US, ASEAN Drop Call For Suu Kyi's Release

AP | VIJAY JOSHI | Posted 05.25.2011

SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama on Sunday told Myanmar's junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an unusual face-to-face i...

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