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| A referendum held by Burmas ruling junta on May 10 and 24 was not free or fair, according to a report released by a leading international advocacy group on May 26three days before the countrys state-run media declared that the draft constitution had been ratified and promulgated. The referendum was not free or fair, as it was not conducted in accordance with international law or basic democra.... |
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| Burmese government has announced that voters approved the constitution overwhelmingly during the plebiscite. The ruling generals said that by the end of a referendum process on Saturday, more than nine voters in ten had backed a controversial new constitution. However, critics say there were widespread vote rigging during the referendum. .... |
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| The first wave of frustration following Cyclone Nargis was the irrational, foot-dragging and draconian aid restrictions imposed by the Burmese junta on the international relief effort to help the survivors. The second wave of frustration is the ineffective, timid approach of Asean and the UN to try to coax the stubborn generals into effective action. The junta has no redeeming qualities: Its bad at.... |
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| Cyclone damage to the Irrawaddy delta, Burma's rice bowl, has caused a surge in looting in its restive border areas by poorly paid troops worried about food shortages, residents and human rights groups say.In the northwest town of Kale, which is reliant on the faraway delta for much of its rice and salt, local residents said soldiers had stepped up seizures of rice, fish and firewood since Cyclone Na.... |
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| Eight Burmese journalists who were trying to cover the cyclone disaster in Laputta Township in the Irrawaddy delta were arrested on Monday night by Burmese soldiers and detained for one night, according to sources in Rangoon. Those arrested included journalists from The Voice journal, Yangon Times and 7 Day News journal.A Rangoon-based colleague of one of the detained journalists told The Irrawa.... |