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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Myanmar News.Net http://www.myanmarnews.net/ en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:31:04 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:31:04 -0500 30 The US will not recognise the outcome of Myanmar's elections scheduled for later this year because of new laws that ban political prisoners and the country's leading democratic activist from participating, the US State Department said Wednesday. http://www.myanmarnews.net/story/610726 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:40:01 -0500 IANS http://www.myanmarnews.net/story/610726 In Myanmar, a new law may force the National League for Democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, out of the party. http://www.myanmarnews.net/story/610524 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:17:35 -0500 Myanmar News.Net http://www.myanmarnews.net/story/610524 New electoral laws unveiled by authorities in Myanmar do not meet United Nations expectations of what is required for an inclusive political process in the Asian country, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33016497&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:19:12 -0500 Spero News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33016497&cat=c3891022f175b678 (The following is an unofficial translation of the UWSA response to Lt. Gen. Ye Myint of the Burmese Army regarding the junta's demand that the UWSA transform itself into a border guard force.) http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33016761&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:29:04 -0500 Mizzima News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33016761&cat=c3891022f175b678 If there is one thing all authoritarian systems have in common it's their desire to eliminate all forms of dissent. The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) of Burma is no exception. Having ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33016762&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:27:30 -0500 The Irrawaddy http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33016762&cat=c3891022f175b678 South Korea has unilaterally offered duty-free quota-free tariff to 251 more exporting items of Myanmar under its preferential tariff scheme for least-developed countries, bringing as many as 85 perce... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33016499&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:15:41 -0500 People's Daily http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33016499&cat=c3891022f175b678 The State Peace and Development Council hereby enacts, in accordance with Article 443 of the Constitution of the Republic of Union of Myanmar, the following Law, for enabling forming political parties... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33014385&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:05:17 -0500 Mizzima News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33014385&cat=c3891022f175b678 Myanmar's ruling junta has used new election laws to officially annul the result of polls in 1990 that were won by Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party, state media said Thursday. The regime is plan... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33014180&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:58:43 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33014180&cat=c3891022f175b678 Myanmar official media Thursday released the details of the Pyithu HLuttaw (Parliamentary House of Representatives) Election Law, which constitutes part of the five series of laws relating to the fort... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33014178&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:51:48 -0500 People's Daily http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33014178&cat=c3891022f175b678 The US government has condemned as "a mockery" new election laws in Myanmar effectively barring Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's opposition leader, from standing in national polls expected later this y... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33014179&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:51:31 -0500 Al Jazeera http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33014179&cat=c3891022f175b678 YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government has allowed the party of detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to reopen regional branch offices that have been closed since May 2003, a party s... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33011742&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:36:35 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33011742&cat=c3891022f175b678 The Burmese junta officially annulled the results of the 1990 election in the Pyithu Hluttaw Electoral Law which was announced on Thursday in state newspapers, while authorizing some offices of the Na... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33012030&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:38:02 -0500 The Irrawaddy http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33012030&cat=c3891022f175b678 Washington, March 11: The US will not recognise the outcome of Myanmar's elections scheduled for later this year because of new laws that ban political prisoners and the country's leading democratic a... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33007284&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:58:33 -0500 New Kerala http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33007284&cat=c3891022f175b678 WASHINGTON, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The United States on Wednesday condemned the Myanmar government's decision to bar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in the country's g... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33006942&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:51 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33006942&cat=c3891022f175b678 The United States said on Wednesday that it would like to see steps taken by the Myanmar government to encourage domestic dialogue before the election.The U.S. was disappointed with the roll out of th... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33006940&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:43 -0500 People's Daily http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33006940&cat=c3891022f175b678 On the Burmese side, the dominant buildings are the headquarters for the Kachin Independence Army (KIO).At KIO headquarters now everyone is worried about the rising tension between its army and the Bu... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33004055&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:06:24 -0500 The Irrawaddy http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33004055&cat=c3891022f175b678 NEW YORK, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Wednesday criticized Myanmar's ruling junta for disqualifying detained pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi from participa... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33003469&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:00:39 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33003469&cat=c3891022f175b678 Washington - The United States will not recognize the outcome of Myanmar's elections scheduled for later this year because of new laws that ban political prisoners and the country's leading democratic... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33000300&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:57:07 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=33000300&cat=c3891022f175b678 Burma's Military to Appoint Election Commission Campbell was allowed to meet Aung San Suu Kyi. And the detained Nobel Peace laureate was subsequently permitted to meet NLD party colleaguesThe U.S. Sta... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996494&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:45:34 -0500 VOA http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996494&cat=c3891022f175b678 Hong Kong — The ruling military junta in Myanmar announced a new election law Wednesday that will prevent Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s leading opposition figure, from participating in upcom... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996984&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:32:27 -0500 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996984&cat=c3891022f175b678 Accompanied by Chairman of Shan State (North) Peace and Development Council Commander of North-East Command Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut, the Prime Minister and party proceeded to Namhsan of Kyaukme Distric... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996982&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:32:26 -0500 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996982&cat=c3891022f175b678 Hanoi – The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam has received state approval to open a branch in Myanmar, local media reported Wednesday. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996985&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:32:26 -0500 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996985&cat=c3891022f175b678 Yangon – Western sanctions that have decimated Myanmar’s once-thriving garment sector have led to a rare spate of strikes that have unnerved its military rulers, fearful of civil unrest in the... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996986&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:32:25 -0500 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996986&cat=c3891022f175b678 Yangon – In Myanmar, where abortions are illegal, complications arising from unsafe terminations are the third leading cause of maternal deaths after post-partum haemorrhage and eclampsia, according... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996987&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:32:25 -0500 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996987&cat=c3891022f175b678 Amnesty International has urged Myanmar to overturn a new law that bars all political prisoners, including detained Nobel Peace-prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, from belonging to a political party befor... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996988&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:32:24 -0500 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996988&cat=c3891022f175b678 Washington — The United States hit out Wednesday at Myanmar’s military junta for excluding political prisoners from taking part in upcoming elections, saying the polls were now “devoid o... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996990&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:32:24 -0500 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996990&cat=c3891022f175b678 Burma’s long awaited election law has been published in state controlled newspapers but failed to create much excitement. Unsurprisingly, no date for the election was set, although the regime ha... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996989&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:32:23 -0500 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996989&cat=c3891022f175b678 Paris-Bangkok – The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) expresses its deep concern regarding recent reports of detention and forced deportation of a large number of migrant workers, esp... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996992&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:32:22 -0500 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32996992&cat=c3891022f175b678 Philippine supporters of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is detained by the military junta in Myanmar, hold her portrait (L) and placards calling for the release of women prisoners to mark Inte... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32992189&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:12:37 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32992189&cat=c3891022f175b678 Amnesty International has urged Myanmar to overturn a new law that bars all political prisoners, including detained Nobel Peace-prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, from belonging to a political party befor... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32989696&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:51:39 -0500 Amnesty International http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32989696&cat=c3891022f175b678 The military leadership has promulgated a law that prevents the candidacy of those who have criminal convictions. It is included in the Political Parties Registration Law, which governs the vote. The ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32986538&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:09:07 -0500 Spero News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32986538&cat=c3891022f175b678 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - Burma's new Registration of Political Parties law automatically excludes leading members of the National League for Democracy, including Aung San Suu Kyi from their own party. T... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32983989&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:27:07 -0500 Mizzima News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32983989&cat=c3891022f175b678 Burma's generals are determined to hold this year's national election on their own biased terms, ignoring widespread calls from both inside and outside the country for a free, fair and inclusive elect... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32983990&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:27:05 -0500 Mizzima News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32983990&cat=c3891022f175b678 Burma's Military Government Finalizes Election Laws Burma has published strict rules for historic elections requiring, among other things, that political parties expel any members who are imprisoned, ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32980773&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:50:05 -0500 VOA http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32980773&cat=c3891022f175b678 (CNSNews.com) – Preparing for Burma’s first election in two decades, the military junta has begun to unveil polling laws that will reinforce critics’ belief that the military intends... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32980894&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:22:50 -0500 CNS News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32980894&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thai authorities have begun to round up migrant workers who failed to file for national verification papers by the March 2 deadline.Under Thai labor regulations, migrant workers must have their nation... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32981154&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:48:53 -0500 The Irrawaddy http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32981154&cat=c3891022f175b678 The Myanmar Economic Holdings Company Ltd. (MEHC) is acquiring direct transfers of businesses from respective government ministries in connection with the selling off of state enterprises to private c... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32981153&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:48:43 -0500 The Irrawaddy http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=32981153&cat=c3891022f175b678