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		<title>Agence France Presse: Myanmar&#8217;s Suu Kyi calls for united response to &#8216;unjust&#8217; law</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/agence-france-presse-myanmars-suu-kyi-calls-for-united-response-to-unjust-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yangon – Myanmar&#8217;s detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday called on her people to respond to an &#8220;unjust&#8221; election law issued by the junta that bars her from the vote, her lawyer said.Under the laws enacted Monday, which have sparked international anger, Suu Kyi faces exclusion from her own National League for Democracy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reuters: Myanmar junta annuls election held 20 years ago</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/reuters-myanmar-junta-annuls-election-held-20-years-ago/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/reuters-myanmar-junta-annuls-election-held-20-years-ago/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19630</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yangon – Myanmar&#8217;s military government on Thursday officially annulled the results of the country&#8217;s 1990 general election, a poll it chose to ignore at the time when the main opposition party won by a landslide.The 1990 polls were declared null and void because they did not comply with a new parliamentary election law enacted this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mizzima News: Burma’s election laws amorphous on Diaspora</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/mizzima-news-burma%e2%80%99s-election-laws-amorphous-on-diaspora/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/mizzima-news-burma%e2%80%99s-election-laws-amorphous-on-diaspora/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19628</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Burmese military junta’s election laws have conveniently failed to address the fundamental issues of millions of Burmese in Diaspora, residing outside the country for years due to political and economic upheaval.“Many migrant workers are concerned about the political situation in their country because that is one of the reasons that they came out as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mizzima News: Burma&#8217;s electoral laws undemocratic: Indian experts</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/mizzima-news-burmas-electoral-laws-undemocratic-indian-experts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/mizzima-news-burmas-electoral-laws-undemocratic-indian-experts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regional]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Indian constitutional experts and election observers have said that Burma’s electoral laws that the junta has started announcing since March 8 through the state controlled media do not follow democratic norms.The laws promulgated by the Burmese government for the elections in 2010, goes against democratic norms and it will not pave the way for democracy.
Subash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Mirror (Philippines): New Burma election law ‘a farce’ – Estrella Torres</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/business-mirror-philippines-new-burma-election-law-%e2%80%98a-farce%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-estrella-torres/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regional]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19624</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo called the new election law passed by Burma’s military junta as a “farce” as it fails to facilitate the release and participation in the elections of Nobel laureate and peace icon Aung San Suu Kyi.The Philippines’ chief diplomat said Burma’s military junta had committed to the Association of Southeast Asian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reuters: U.N. rights envoy seeks Myanmar war crimes inquiry – Stephanie Nebehay</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/reuters-u-n-rights-envoy-seeks-myanmar-war-crimes-inquiry-%e2%80%93-stephanie-nebehay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/reuters-u-n-rights-envoy-seeks-myanmar-war-crimes-inquiry-%e2%80%93-stephanie-nebehay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Geneva – The United Nations human rights investigator for Myanmar called on Thursday for an international inquiry into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the ruling junta.Tomas Ojea Quintana, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, said a pattern of gross and systematic violations of fundamental freedoms continued in the country [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agence France Presse: UN urges Burma to let Aung San Suu Kyi contest polls</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/agence-france-presse-un-urges-burma-to-let-aung-san-suu-kyi-contest-polls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[United Nations – UN chief Ban Ki-moon overnight renewed his appeal to Myanmar rulers to let detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi take part in upcoming polls after new election laws disqualified her.&#8220;The Secretary General reiterates his call for the Myanmar authorities to ensure an inclusive political process leading to fair, transparent and credible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agence France Presse: Election law deals blow to US engagement with Myanmar</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/agence-france-presse-election-law-deals-blow-to-us-engagement-with-myanmar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19618</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington – The Obama administration on Wednesday slammed election laws imposed by the Myanmar junta as a &#8220;mockery&#8221; of democracy as the new US policy of engagement with the military-run state suffered a blow.Under new election laws unveiled Wednesday, Myanmar opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi faces exclusion from her own party and is barred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economist: Belt, braces and army boots</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/economist-belt-braces-and-army-boots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/economist-belt-braces-and-army-boots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19616</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE junta ruling Myanmar has had 20 years to digest the lessons from the country’s most recent election. It was trounced by the National League for Democracy, even though the opposition’s charismatic leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was already under house arrest. This year on an unnamed date (perhaps its astrologers cannot agree) the junta [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guardian (UK): Business as usual in Burma – Simon Tisdall</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/guardian-uk-business-as-usual-in-burma-%e2%80%93-simon-tisdall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/guardian-uk-business-as-usual-in-burma-%e2%80%93-simon-tisdall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19614</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Burmese junta&#8217;s new electoral laws are designed to give the regime a veneer of democratic respectability.A call by a senior UN official for Burma&#8217;s military rulers to be investigated for &#8220;international crimes&#8221;, including crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated against Burmese civilians, has ratcheted up pressure on the junta as it finalises much-criticised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inter Press Service: BURMA:  Despite loss at Oscars, film a testament to courage – Marwaan Macan-Markar</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/inter-press-service-burma-despite-loss-at-oscars-film-a-testament-to-courage-%e2%80%93-marwaan-macan-markar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bangkok – It may have not won an Oscar, but its having been a final contender for the prestigious statue at the U.S. Academy Awards on Mar. 7 has taken ‘Burma VJ’ to heights never achieved by previous films depicting the oppression and courage in military-ruled Burma.‘Burma VJ’ was beaten by ‘The Cove’, a film [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irrawaddy: Regime looks to the law to deal with the NLD – Ko Ko Thet</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/irrawaddy-regime-looks-to-the-law-to-deal-with-the-nld-%e2%80%93-ko-ko-thet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/irrawaddy-regime-looks-to-the-law-to-deal-with-the-nld-%e2%80%93-ko-ko-thet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19610</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If there is one thing all authoritarian systems have in common it&#8217;s their desire to eliminate all forms of dissent. The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) of Burma is no exception. Having the will as well as the means to crush the organized urban opposition—the most popular of which is the National League for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Light of Myanmar: People reminded not to believe destructionist-generated rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/new-light-of-myanmar-people-reminded-not-to-believe-destructionist-generated-rumours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nay Pyi Taw – To disrupt the stability of the State, to cause a state of panic among the public and unrest in the country, destructionists have stepped up sabotage acts and spread rumours in the country.On 25 February, a motorcyclist spread rumour in Shantegyi Village and Laydaukkan Village in Dagon Myothit (South) Township that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Rights Watch: Burma: Election laws may shut down opposition parties</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/human-rights-watch-burma-election-laws-may-shut-down-opposition-parties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/human-rights-watch-burma-election-laws-may-shut-down-opposition-parties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Press Release]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/11/human-rights-watch-burma-election-laws-may-shut-down-opposition-parties/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New York – Newly issued laws in preparation for 2010 elections in Burma are designed to exclude the main opposition party and ensure a victory for the ruling military, Human Rights Watch said today.The ruling State Peace and Development Council today released the Political Party Registration Law, which includes provisions barring prisoners from being members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/10/quote-of-the-day-21/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/10/quote-of-the-day-21/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19602</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“According to consistent reports, the possibility exists that some of these human rights violations may entail categories of crimes against humanity or war crimes under the terms of the Statute of the International Criminal Court….UN institutions may consider the possibility to establish a commission of inquiry with a specific fact finding mandate to address the [...]]]></description>
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