Philippines: Burma Broke Promise to Democratize |
| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
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Philippines urges Southeast Asian countries to push the Burmese junta to rescind a slate of new elections laws. |
NLD to Decide on its Fate on March 29 |
| By KO HTWE |
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Burma's opposition party will decide on March 29 whether or not to register as a political party and participate in the election planned for this year. |
Election Campaign To Begin |
| By KYAW THEIN KHA |
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Pro-junta political groups prepare to campaign after Armed Forces Day on March 27. |
Asean's Silence on Burmese Election Law |
| By WAI MOE |
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Asean countries have mostly remained quiet after the Burmese government announced its non-inclusive election law. |
Thai Protesters Give Blood to Pour on Streets |
| By DENIS D. GRAY |
| Anti-government protesters started donating their own blood as part of a plan to splatter the Thai government headquarters in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections. |
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 |  The rest of Asean is shocked by Burma’s election law, which rejected Asean’s call for inclusiveness in the election. Asean countries might not know what to say.  — Debbie Stothard, the coordinator of the Alternative Asean Network |
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Election Law Ensures No Credibility |
| By HTET AUNG |
| Credibility and inclusiveness—two key benchmarks set by the international community—have both failed even before the Burmese election begins. |
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To Be, or Not to Be? |
| By KYAW ZWA MOE | |
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Regime Looks to the Law to Deal with the NLD |
| By KO KO THET | |
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India-Burma Relations Hitting a Dead End? |
| By CAMILL BUZZI and ÅSHILD KOLÅS |
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| BEYOND 1988— REFLECTIONS |
Radio Interception: A Key Survival Skill During War |
 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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  1 US = 1,004 kyat 1 BT = 30.15 kyat March 12, 2010 |
