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Myanmar's Top Election Commission Official Shot Dead By Rebel Fighters
The deputy head of Myanmar's election commission was shot dead in Yangon on Saturday by rebel fighters, the military said, in the latest killing of a high-profile individual linked to the country's junta.
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Myanmar Electoral Body To Dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi's Party: Report
Myanmar's junta-appointed election commission will dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party (NLD) because of what it said was electoral fraud, news outlet Myanmar Now said on Twitter on Friday, citing a commissioner.
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World Leaders Laud Myanmar Election as Suu Kyi Secures Majority
The party of democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi has won a majority in Myanmar's parliament, the election commission said today, giving it enough seats to elect its chosen candidate to the presidency when the new legislature convenes next year.
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Aung San Suu Kyi's Opposition Party 2 Seats Off Majority in Myanmar Parliament
The party of democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi was two seats away from winning a majority in Myanmar's parliament, according to results announced by the election commission today morning.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Holds Her Seat in Myanmar Election
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi held her rural constituency seat, the election commission announced today, as top ruling party figures fell by the wayside with her pro-democracy opposition appearing on the cusp of an historic election victory.
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Myanmar Ruling Party Battered By Suu Kyi in Polls: Official
A senior member of Myanmar's ruling party said today they had "lost completely" to Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition, as a major election win for the democracy icon appeared within touching distance.
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Myanmar's Opposition Party Wins All 12 of First Seats Declared
Myanmar's The party of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi won all 12 of the parliamentary seats declared in the first round of results after Sunday's general election, according to the country's election commission.
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Myanmar May Postpone Landmark November Poll Due to Floods
Myanmar's election commission held a meeting on Tuesday with major political parties to discuss the postponement of a historic election set for Nov.8 due to flooding, a government official and a politician present at the meeting told Reuters.
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Myanmar Opposition Says Blocked From Campaigning in Island Seat
Opposition candidates for one of Myanmar's smallest constituencies are being blocked from visiting the remote island chain, a party spokesman said today, just weeks ahead of elections billed as the country's freest in decades.
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Myanmar Bans Parties From Criticising Army in State Media
Myanmar has banned political parties from criticising the army or the military-dominated constitution in state media during campaigning for elections seen as a test of the country's transition from military rule.
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Myanmar Sets Date for Election That May Define Scope of Reform
Myanmar will hold a general election on Nov. 8, its election commission said on Wednesday, its first nationwide ballot since the end of direct military rule and a vote that could decide the scope of the country's reforms.
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Myanmar to Hold General Election on November 8: Poll Officials
Myanmar officials today announced November 8 as the date for a historic general election set to be the first contested by Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition in a quarter of a century.
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Myanmar Cancels Planned Parliamentary By-Elections
Myanmar's Union Election Commission said Sunday that it was canceling by-elections planned for later this year to fill 35 empty parliamentary seats.
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Myanmar Cancels Planned Parliamentary By-Election
Myanmar's Union Election Commission said on Sunday it is canceling by-elections that were scheduled for later this year to fill 35 empty parliamentary seats.
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Maldives President calls for fresh election by October 26
Outgoing President Mohammed Waheed today asked the Maldives' Elections Commission (EC) to find a way to hold a "free, fair, and inclusive" presidential poll as early as possible, preferably on October 26.
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Myanmar's Top Election Commission Official Shot Dead By Rebel Fighters
The deputy head of Myanmar's election commission was shot dead in Yangon on Saturday by rebel fighters, the military said, in the latest killing of a high-profile individual linked to the country's junta.
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Myanmar Electoral Body To Dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi's Party: Report
Myanmar's junta-appointed election commission will dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party (NLD) because of what it said was electoral fraud, news outlet Myanmar Now said on Twitter on Friday, citing a commissioner.
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World Leaders Laud Myanmar Election as Suu Kyi Secures Majority
The party of democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi has won a majority in Myanmar's parliament, the election commission said today, giving it enough seats to elect its chosen candidate to the presidency when the new legislature convenes next year.
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Aung San Suu Kyi's Opposition Party 2 Seats Off Majority in Myanmar Parliament
The party of democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi was two seats away from winning a majority in Myanmar's parliament, according to results announced by the election commission today morning.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Holds Her Seat in Myanmar Election
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi held her rural constituency seat, the election commission announced today, as top ruling party figures fell by the wayside with her pro-democracy opposition appearing on the cusp of an historic election victory.
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Myanmar Ruling Party Battered By Suu Kyi in Polls: Official
A senior member of Myanmar's ruling party said today they had "lost completely" to Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition, as a major election win for the democracy icon appeared within touching distance.
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Myanmar's Opposition Party Wins All 12 of First Seats Declared
Myanmar's The party of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi won all 12 of the parliamentary seats declared in the first round of results after Sunday's general election, according to the country's election commission.
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Myanmar May Postpone Landmark November Poll Due to Floods
Myanmar's election commission held a meeting on Tuesday with major political parties to discuss the postponement of a historic election set for Nov.8 due to flooding, a government official and a politician present at the meeting told Reuters.
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Myanmar Opposition Says Blocked From Campaigning in Island Seat
Opposition candidates for one of Myanmar's smallest constituencies are being blocked from visiting the remote island chain, a party spokesman said today, just weeks ahead of elections billed as the country's freest in decades.
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Myanmar Bans Parties From Criticising Army in State Media
Myanmar has banned political parties from criticising the army or the military-dominated constitution in state media during campaigning for elections seen as a test of the country's transition from military rule.
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Myanmar Sets Date for Election That May Define Scope of Reform
Myanmar will hold a general election on Nov. 8, its election commission said on Wednesday, its first nationwide ballot since the end of direct military rule and a vote that could decide the scope of the country's reforms.
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Myanmar to Hold General Election on November 8: Poll Officials
Myanmar officials today announced November 8 as the date for a historic general election set to be the first contested by Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition in a quarter of a century.
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Myanmar Cancels Planned Parliamentary By-Elections
Myanmar's Union Election Commission said Sunday that it was canceling by-elections planned for later this year to fill 35 empty parliamentary seats.
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Myanmar Cancels Planned Parliamentary By-Election
Myanmar's Union Election Commission said on Sunday it is canceling by-elections that were scheduled for later this year to fill 35 empty parliamentary seats.
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Maldives President calls for fresh election by October 26
Outgoing President Mohammed Waheed today asked the Maldives' Elections Commission (EC) to find a way to hold a "free, fair, and inclusive" presidential poll as early as possible, preferably on October 26.
