Myanmar is scrapping voting in swathes of insurgency-plagued ethnic areas in its first election in two decades — a move criticised as excluding millions from a poll already seen as undemocratic. (more…)

Yangon- Several areas of Myanmar will not be able to vote in November’s elections, mostly parts of the country where restive ethnic minorities are dominant, state media reported Thursday. (more…)

An armed clash took place between an ethnic ceasefire group that had rejected the junta’s Border Guard Force proposal and the Burmese Army late on Tuesday, military observers said, without being able to provide casualty figures. (more…)

New Delhi – A cadet reporter for the Weekly Eleven Journal was released on Friday morning after two days’ detention for refusing to sign a pledge that he would stop taking photos of flood damage in Magway Division, central Burma. (more…)

Elections conducted on township basic could put candidates who will be contesting for the 7 November polls in trouble and difficulties for their contestants, according to election observers from the Sino-Burma border. (more…)

The media sector is facing a shortage of well-trained journalists that industry sources say may hinder its ability to cover news properly after this year’s election. (more…)

More than 20 mega-dams are being constructed or planned on Burma’s major rivers, including the Salween and Irrawaddy, by multinationals without consulting local communities, a wide range of NGOs charged in a statement Friday. In addition, the group charged, mining, oil and gas projects are creating severe environmental and social problems. (more…)

New Delhi– The 72-hour blockade by students’ organisations of a national highway in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur since Tuesday evening has all but crippled Namphalong market, across the border in Burma. (more…)

The US official leading dialogue with Burma said Thursday he was thoroughly disappointed with the results but that engagement was the best option as the country prepares for controversial elections. (more…)

Britain’s newly elected Foreign Secretary, William Hague has given a stinging assessment of the upcoming elections in Burma as he responded to the dissolving of the National League for Democracy (NLD), by saying;
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With less than two months to go before Burma is subjected to an election that will be the very antithesis of “free and fair,” it is comforting to know that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has once again found the time to chime in on the country’s current political situation. (more…)

Myanmar leader Senior General Than Shwe’s visit to China last week won public support from Beijing for his government’s planned national elections on November 7. With that backing, Myanmar’s generals can now proceed unconcerned by Western criticism of the election process or the results. (more…)

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INVITATION PRESSE (more…)

Thakin Ohn Myint, regarded as Aung San Suu Kyi’s mentor as well as her father’s colleague and confidant during Burma’s struggle for independence, died peacefully at his home in Rangoon on Friday morning. He was 92. (more…)