Election Campaign Begins in Karen State |
| By SAW YAN NAING |
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Since the release of the Burmese election laws, political campaigns have begun in Karen State. |
Thai Princess Visits Naypyidaw |
| By KO HTWE |
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Burma's military chief Snr-Gen Than Shwe met with Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, the daughter of the Thai king, on Monday in Naypyidaw, the capital of Burma. |
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. |
Thai Protesters Pour Blood at Government House |
| By DENIS D. GRAY |
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Thai protesters poured blood they had donated outside the front gate of the government headquarters in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections. |
Burma, North Korea Defend their Human Rights Records |
| By WAI MOE |
| Burma and North Korea join in defending each other's human rights records before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. |
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NLD to Decide on its Fate on March 29 |
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Election Campaign To Begin |
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Asean's Silence on Burmese Election Law |
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Tension Rises Further as BGF Deadline Passes |
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Deadline for Thai Parliament Dissolution Passes |
| QUOTE OF THE DAY | |
 |  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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Reconciliation Needed for a United Burma |
| By NAW MAY OO |
| If the dream of a truly united Burma is ever to be realized, its peoples must learn toleration and peaceful coexistence. |
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Election Law Ensures No Credibility |
| By HTET AUNG | |
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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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| 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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| EXCHANGE RATES |
  1 US = 1,004 kyat 1 BT = 30.15 kyat March 12, 2010 |
