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Htin Kyaw Wins Historic President Vote In Myanmar Parliament
Myanmar's parliament has elected Htin Kyaw as Myanmar's new president, a watershed moment that ushers the longtime opposition party of Aung San Suu Kyi into government.
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Myanmar Parliament Holds Historic Presidential Election
Myanmar lawmakers began casting ballots in a historic presidential vote today expected to confirm that a trusted confidant and anointed proxy of Aung San Suu Kyi will be the former junta-run nation's first civilian leader in decades.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi Readies For Power As Her Party Comes To Parliament
After sweeping a historic election in November, Myanmar's democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday bid farewell to outgoing lawmakers and prepared to form the country's first democratically elected government since the 1960s.
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Aung San Suu Kyi to Meet President, Military Chief on Wednesday
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will meet President Thein Sein and military chief Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday, their first meeting since she won an historic election earlier this month, a senior government official told Reuters.
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Myanmar President 'Will Hand Power' to Aung San Suu Kyi After Poll Win
Myanmar's President Thein Sein today said historic polls won in a thumping landslide by Aung San Suu Kyi's party were the consequence of his government's reforms and vowed a smooth transition of power.
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Myanmar's Persecuted Rohingya See Glimmer of Hope in Suu Kyi Victory
Noor Bagum would have liked to have voted for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) but, like the majority of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, she took no part in the historic election the Nobel laureate won by a landslide.
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Aung San Suu Kyi's Party Wins Historic Majority in Myanmar Polls
Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition on Friday won a parliamentary majority from weekend polls that will allow it to elect a president and form a government in a historic shift in power from the army.
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Myanmar Government Will 'Respect' Vote, Help 'Peaceful' Transition: Minister
Myanmar's Information Minister today said the government will abide by the outcome of historic elections and smoothe the transition of power, as Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition stood on the verge of a landslide.
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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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Suu Kyi Supporters Confident After Myanmar's Historic Election
Supporters of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi burst into boisterous celebration on Sunday after the country held its first free nationwide election in 25 years, the biggest step yet in a journey to democracy from dictatorship.
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Aung San Suu Kyi's Day of Destiny Arrives as Myanmar Goes to the Polls
Myanmar voters cast their ballots Sunday in a historic election that could thrust Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party into power and finally pull the country away from the grip of the military.
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Suu Kyi's Date With Destiny Arrives as Myanmar Votes
Myanmar goes to the polls Sunday in an historic election that could thrust Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party into power and pull the country away from the grip of the military.
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For Myanmar's Muslims, Little to Cheer About Historic Election
In a refugee camp outside Myanmar's provincial capital Sittwe, Soe Hlaing was holding a pink card, the most coveted of the rainbow of documents indicating citizenship status, which gives him a vote in Sunday's historic election.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Says Will Be Above President in New Government
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said today she would be "above the president" if her party wins a historic election on November 8, defying a constitutional ban on becoming head of state herself.
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Thousands Rally in Myanmar as Attacked Candidate Leaves Hospital
A Myanmar opposition lawmaker whose attack had raised fears of instability ahead of historic elections left hospital today, parading through the streets with thousands of cheering supporters.
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Htin Kyaw Wins Historic President Vote In Myanmar Parliament
Myanmar's parliament has elected Htin Kyaw as Myanmar's new president, a watershed moment that ushers the longtime opposition party of Aung San Suu Kyi into government.
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Myanmar Parliament Holds Historic Presidential Election
Myanmar lawmakers began casting ballots in a historic presidential vote today expected to confirm that a trusted confidant and anointed proxy of Aung San Suu Kyi will be the former junta-run nation's first civilian leader in decades.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi Readies For Power As Her Party Comes To Parliament
After sweeping a historic election in November, Myanmar's democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday bid farewell to outgoing lawmakers and prepared to form the country's first democratically elected government since the 1960s.
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Aung San Suu Kyi to Meet President, Military Chief on Wednesday
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will meet President Thein Sein and military chief Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday, their first meeting since she won an historic election earlier this month, a senior government official told Reuters.
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Myanmar President 'Will Hand Power' to Aung San Suu Kyi After Poll Win
Myanmar's President Thein Sein today said historic polls won in a thumping landslide by Aung San Suu Kyi's party were the consequence of his government's reforms and vowed a smooth transition of power.
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Myanmar's Persecuted Rohingya See Glimmer of Hope in Suu Kyi Victory
Noor Bagum would have liked to have voted for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) but, like the majority of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, she took no part in the historic election the Nobel laureate won by a landslide.
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Aung San Suu Kyi's Party Wins Historic Majority in Myanmar Polls
Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition on Friday won a parliamentary majority from weekend polls that will allow it to elect a president and form a government in a historic shift in power from the army.
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Myanmar Government Will 'Respect' Vote, Help 'Peaceful' Transition: Minister
Myanmar's Information Minister today said the government will abide by the outcome of historic elections and smoothe the transition of power, as Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition stood on the verge of a landslide.
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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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Suu Kyi Supporters Confident After Myanmar's Historic Election
Supporters of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi burst into boisterous celebration on Sunday after the country held its first free nationwide election in 25 years, the biggest step yet in a journey to democracy from dictatorship.
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Aung San Suu Kyi's Day of Destiny Arrives as Myanmar Goes to the Polls
Myanmar voters cast their ballots Sunday in a historic election that could thrust Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party into power and finally pull the country away from the grip of the military.
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Suu Kyi's Date With Destiny Arrives as Myanmar Votes
Myanmar goes to the polls Sunday in an historic election that could thrust Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party into power and pull the country away from the grip of the military.
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For Myanmar's Muslims, Little to Cheer About Historic Election
In a refugee camp outside Myanmar's provincial capital Sittwe, Soe Hlaing was holding a pink card, the most coveted of the rainbow of documents indicating citizenship status, which gives him a vote in Sunday's historic election.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Says Will Be Above President in New Government
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said today she would be "above the president" if her party wins a historic election on November 8, defying a constitutional ban on becoming head of state herself.
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Thousands Rally in Myanmar as Attacked Candidate Leaves Hospital
A Myanmar opposition lawmaker whose attack had raised fears of instability ahead of historic elections left hospital today, parading through the streets with thousands of cheering supporters.
