Aung San Suu Kyi sidelined in Myanmar election

Posted by Asia, Video Friday, November 12th, 2010

THE Burmese junta says it is preparing for the release of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi after international condemnation of last weekend’s election and fears that a delay could spark demonstrations. “We haven’t got any instructions from superiors for her release yet,” a government official told AFP yesterday. “But we are preparing security plans [...]

Video: Myanmar refugees return after poll violence

Posted by Asia Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

In Myanmar, fighting between rebel groups and government troops sparked by the country’s first general elections in 20 years had forced about 20,000 people to flee across the border to Thailand. Myanmar’s biggest military-backed party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), has claimed a landslide victory in the poll, saying it earned 80 per [...]

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